vét kiệt
Definition
- Verb:
- To exhaust completely: To use up or deplete a resource, supply, or energy source until nothing remains.
- To drain utterly: To remove all contents, often in a thorough or systematic manner, leaving something empty.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Họ đã vét kiệt nguồn nước ngầm. (They have completely exhausted the groundwater source.)
- Chiến dịch quyên góp vét kiệt số tiền ủng hộ. (The fundraising campaign drained the donation funds utterly.)
- Công ty gần như vét kiệt ý tưởng mới. (The company has almost exhausted its supply of new ideas.)
Advanced Usage
- Mathematical/Logical Method: Refers to the method of exhaustion, a classical technique used to determine the area of a shape by inscribing within it a sequence of polygons whose areas converge to the area of the containing shape.
- Phương pháp vét kiệt được Archimedes sử dụng. (The method of exhaustion was used by Archimedes.)
Variants and Related Words
Vét sạch (v): To clean out, to strip bare. Often used interchangeably in everyday contexts.
- Lũ trẻ vét sạch kẹo trong lọ. (The children cleaned out all the candy in the jar.)
Cạn kiệt (adj): Depleted, exhausted. Describes the state of being completely used up.
- Tài nguyên đang ở tình trạng cạn kiệt. (The resources are in a depleted state.)
Synonyms
- Exhaust: To use up completely.
- Drain: To remove liquid or resources until empty.
- Deplete: To reduce the supply or quantity of something significantly.
Related Idioms
Vét túi: To clean out one's pockets (to spend all of one's money).
- Đi chơi cả ngày khiến tôi vét túi. (Going out all day cleaned out my pockets.)
Vét đến đồng xu cuối cùng: To scrape up the last coin (to take absolutely everything).
- Hắn vét đến đồng xu cuối cùng của nạn nhân. (He scraped up the last coin from the victim.)