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Tuongvan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

raise aspirations too high ?

Hi, teachers,

I don't understand the following sentence, especially the phrase in bold type:

We raised aspirations too high within DNF Vietnam.

Thanks in advance
  

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Hi Tuongvan The sentence is a bit odd. The verb 'raise' basically means 'cause something to increase or go up' An 'aspiration' is something that a person hopes to achieve. The boldface part of the sentence seems to mean that we 'caused (other) people to hope for too much'.

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  • Hi Tuongvan The sentence is a bit odd.
  • The verb 'raise' basically means 'cause something to increase or go up' An 'aspiration' is something that a person hopes to achieve.
  • The boldface part of the sentence seems to mean that we 'caused (other) people to hope for too much'.
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Hi Tuongvan

The sentence is a bit odd.
The verb 'raise' basically means 'cause something to increase or go up'
An 'aspiration' is something that a person hopes to achieve.

The boldface part of the sentence seems to mean that we 'caused (other) people to hope for too much'.
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