đổ dồn
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Verb:
- To flock into; to converge upon; to crowd into: Describes a large number of people or things moving quickly and collectively toward a specific location or point, often creating a concentration.
- To concentrate upon; to focus intensely on: Describes thoughts, attention, efforts, or resources being directed and gathered intensely onto a single subject, task, or goal.
Usage Examples
Verb (physical movement):
- Trời nóng quá, người ta đổ dồn vào các cửa hàng giải khát. (The weather was very hot, people flocked into the refreshment shops.)
- Khi có bão, nước từ các con suối đổ dồn về sông lớn. (When there's a storm, water from the streams converges into the large river.)
Verb (mental/abstract focus):
- Ý nghĩa của nó đổ dồn vào một việc. (His thoughts concentrated on one thing.)
- Cô ấy đổ dồn mọi nỗ lực để hoàn thành dự án đúng hạn. (She concentrated all her efforts to complete the project on time.)
Advanced Usage
- The verb often implies a sense of pressure, urgency, or intensity in the movement or focus. It is not used for slow or casual gathering.
- It can be used with abstract nouns like "trách nhiệm" (responsibility), "sự chú ý" (attention), or "nguồn lực" (resources) to describe their accumulation onto a single point.
- Mọi trách nhiệm đổ dồn lên vai người quản lý mới. (All responsibility converged on the shoulders of the new manager.)
Variants and Related Words
- Dồn lại (v): to accumulate, to gather together. Focuses more on the state of being piled up rather than the dynamic movement.
- Công việc dồn lại vào cuối tuần. (Work piled up at the end of the week.)
- Tập trung (v): to concentrate, to focus. A more general and common synonym, often interchangeable in the abstract sense but less vivid for physical crowding.
- Học sinh tập trung trong sân trường. (The students gathered in the schoolyard.)
Synonyms
- Converge: to move toward one point or approach each other.
- Flock: to move or gather in a crowd.
- Concentrate: to focus all attention or resources on something.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Đổ dồn tâm sức: to concentrate one's mental and physical strength.
- Anh ấy đổ dồn tâm sức cho trận đấu cuối cùng. (He concentrated all his strength for the final match.)
- Đổ dồn về: to flock/converge toward (a destination).
- Khán giả đổ dồn về sân vận động. (Spectators flocked to the stadium.)
- Flock into, concentrate upon
- Trời nóng quá, người ta đổ dồn vào các cửa hàng giải khátAs the weather was very hot, people flocked into refreshment rooms
- ý nghĩa của nó đổ dồn vào một việcHis thoughts concentrated on one thing