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exercise /'eksəsaiz/

• danh từ
  • sự thi hành, sự thực hiện; sự sử dụng (quyền, nghề nghiệp, chức năng...)
  • thể dục, sự rèn luyện thân thể
    • to do exercises: tập thể dục
  • sự rèn luyện trí óc
  • bài tập
  • bài thi diễn thuyết
  • (số nhiều) sự tập luyện; sự tập trận sự diễn tập; thể thao quốc phòng
  • sự thờ cúng, sự lễ bái
  • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) (số nhiều) lễ (ở trường học...)

• ngoại động từ
  • làm, thi hành, thực hiện (nhiệm vụ, chức vụ...); hành (nghề...); sử dụng
    • to exercise one's right: sử dụng
    • to exercise one's right: sử dụng quyền hạn
  • tập luyện, rèn luyện
    • to exercise the memory: rèn luyện trí nhớ
    • to exercise oneself: tập luyện, rèn luyện
  • thử thách
  • (thường) dạng bị động quấy rầy, làm phiền khổ; làm băn khoăn, làm lo âu
    • he was much exercised over it: anh ta rất phiền khổ vì điều đó; anh ta rất băn khoăn lo lắng về điều đó

• nội động từ
  • tập luyện; rèn luyện thân thể

noun, verb
+ noun
activity / movements
1 [U] physical or mental activity that you do to stay healthy or become stronger: Swimming is good exercise. + I don't get much exercise sitting in the office all day. + The mind needs exercise as well as the body. + vigorous / gentle exercise + (BrE) to take exercise
2 [C] a set of movements or activities that you do to stay healthy or develop a skill: breathing / relaxation / stretching exercises + exercises for the piano + Repeat the exercise ten times on each leg.
questions
3 [C] a set of questions in a book that tests your knowledge or practises a skill: grammar exercises + Do exercise one for homework.
use of power / right / quality
4 [U] ~ of sth the use of power, a skill, a quality or a right to make sth happen: the exercise of power / authority by the government + the exercise of patience / discretion / judgement
for particular result
5 [C] ~ (in sth) an activity that is designed to achieve a particular result: an exercise in public relations + Staying calm was an exercise in self-control. + a communications exercise + In the end it proved a pointless exercise.
for soldiers
6 [C, usually pl.] a set of activities or movements for training soldiers: military exercises
ceremonies
7 (exercises) [pl.] (AmE) ceremonies: college graduation exercises
+ verb
use power / right / quality
1 [VN] (formal) to use your power, rights or personal qualities in order to achieve sth: When she appeared in court she exercised her right to remain silent. + He was a man who exercised considerable influence over people.
do physical activity
2 to do sports or other physical activities in order to stay healthy or become stronger; to make an animal do this: [V] an hour's class of exercising to music + How often do you exercise? + [VN] Horses need to be exercised regularly.
3 [VN] to give a part of the body the movement and activity it needs to keep strong and healthy: These movements will exercise your arms and shoulders.
be anxious
4 [VN] [usually passive] ~ sb/sth (about sth) (formal) if sb is exercised about sth, they are very anxious about it: The public are less exercised about this matter than the media. + This very problem has exercised the minds of some of our most eminent scientists.