tailieunhanh - Nghĩa từ phức tạp 4

Tham khảo tài liệu 'nghĩa từ phức tạp 4', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | ambiguous ambivalent AMBIGUOUS AMBIVALENT Even though the prefix ambi- means both ambiguous has come to mean unclear undefined while ambivalent means torn between two opposing feelings or views. If your attitude cannot be defined into two polarized alternatives then you re ambiguous not ambivalent. List of errors file C Temp livres commonerrors errors 09 2005 15 36 50 ambivalent AMBIVALENT INDIFFERENT If you feel pulled in two directions about some issue you re ambivalent about it but if you have no particular feelings about it you re indifferent. List of errors file C Temp livres commonerrors errors 09 2005 15 36 50 american AMERICAN Many Canadians and Latin Americans are understandably irritated when . citizens refer to themselves simply as Americans. Canadians and only Canadians use the term North American to include themselves in a two-member group with their neighbor to the south though geographers usually include Mexico in North America. When addressing an international audience composed largely of people from the Americas it is wise to consider their sensitivities. However it is pointless to try to ban this usage in all contexts. Outside of the Americas American is universally understood to refer to things relating to the . There is no good substitute. Brazilians Argentineans and Canadians all have unique terms to refer to themselves. None of them refer routinely to themselves as Americans outside of contexts like the Organization of American States. Frank Lloyd Wright promoted Usonian but it never caught on. For better or worse American is standard English for citizen or resident of the United States of America. List of errors file C Temp livres commonerrors errors 09 2005 15 36 .