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"Off the blocks" nghĩa là gì?
17 Dec, 2023
Trong cuộc đua, phải nỗ lực ngay từ điểm xuất phát Photo by Pixabay on Pexels
'Off the (starting) blocks' = 'starting block' là bàn đạp xuất phát khi chạy điền kinh -> nghĩa là ngay lập tức; tại hoặc từ vị trí xuất phát. Nếu dùng cùng với 'quick/slow/first/last off the blocks' -> mang nghĩa là nhanh/chậm/đầu tiên/cuối cùng khi làm gì đó.
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Let’s get off to a good solid start this time. Usually we are slow off the blocks and we can’t afford that this time.
That early-morning call came from a prospective (tương lai) client. By 9am, Murphy had a non-disclosure agreement from the marketer in his inbox and the raw scent of new business under his nose. The new agency was off the blocks.
Karnataka, as India’s digital vanguard (tiên phong), was off the blocks fast: schools enlisted software from start-ups, five-year-olds logged on, teachers talked from laptop screens, everything seemed right out of a textbook of postmodernity (hậu hiện đại).
The attack was stealthy (lén lút, vụng trộm), and quick off the blocks. As soon as Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch of his PM CARES Fund to fight the pandemic, online fakers hit the ground running (bắt đầu một việc với sự phấn khởi và nhanh chóng). “Within a couple of hours, over a dozen fake UPI sites came up with similar sounding names,” says Lieutenant General (retired) Rajesh Pant, India’s national cybersecurity coordinator.
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