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单词 concentrate
释义
concentrate
verb
uk
/ˈkɒn.sən.treɪt/us
/ˈkɑːn.sən.treɪt/

concentrateverb(GIVE ATTENTION)

B1[IorT]
todirectyourattentionoryoureffortstowards aparticularactivity,subject, orproblem:
专注，专心；全神贯注；集中（注意力）
Come on, concentrate! We don't have alldayto do this.快点儿，集中注意力！我们可没有一整天时间来干这事。
I can't concentrateonmyworkwith all thatnoise.那么吵，我没法集中精力。
Ifindrunningconcentratesthemind(=helpsme tothink).我发现跑步能使我集中心思。
I'm going to concentrateonmy writing for a while.我要专心写作一会儿。
Thecompanyis concentrating (itsresources)ondevelopingnewproducts.公司正在集中力量开发新产品。
More examples
  • I couldn't concentrate on mywork- mymindwas on other things.
  • She was concentrating on herbookand hisvoicestartledher.
  • Justtryto concentrate onhittingtheball.
  • I can't concentrate because of all thenoisethebuildersare making.
  • It's a goodfilm, but theplotis verycomplicatedand you really have to concentrate.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Paying attention and being careful
  • attention span
  • attentiveness
  • be good, and if you can't be good, be carefulidiom
  • be on (your) guardidiom
  • cared-for
  • guard
  • handle/treatsomeonewith kid glovesidiom
  • hang
  • hang on/uponsomething
  • have a careidiom
  • religion
  • revolve
  • revolve aroundsomeone/something
  • safety
  • safety firstidiom
  • see pastsomething
  • sit
  • the/a glare ofsomethingidiom
  • zero
  • Zoom
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concentrateverb(COME TOGETHER)

C1[Tusually passiveorI,usually+ adv/prep]
tobringor come together in alargenumberoramountin oneparticulararea:
集中；聚集；会集；集结
Most of the country'spopulationis concentrated in thenorth.该国的大多数人口都集中在北部。
In thedryseason, theanimalstendto concentrate in theareaswhere there iswater.在干旱的季节，动物常常聚集在有水的地区。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Collecting and amassing
  • accumulate
  • aggregation
  • amass
  • assemble
  • bank
  • bunch
  • compile
  • concentration
  • cumulate
  • fundraise
  • fundraising
  • garner
  • gather
  • glean
  • harvest
  • rakesomethingup
  • reassemble
  • reconcentrate
  • reconcentration
  • remote sensing
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concentrateverb(REMOVE WATER)

[T]
to make aliquidorsubstancestrongerandreduceitssizebyremovingwaterfrom it
使浓缩
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Becoming and making stronger
  • aggrandize
  • boil up
  • bolster
  • cement
  • character-building
  • deepen
  • fortify
  • harden
  • hardening
  • invigoration
  • jell
  • restoke
  • restrengthen
  • sharpen
  • solidification
  • solidify
  • soup
  • soupsomethingup
  • undulled
  • wired
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concentrate
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈkɒn.sən.treɪt/us
/ˈkɑːn.sən.treɪt/
aliquidfrom which some of thewaterhas beenremoved:
浓缩物；浓缩液
fruit-juice concentrate浓缩果汁
geologyspecialized
anorefrom whichrockhas beenremoved:
精矿
amineralconcentrate精矿
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Becoming and making stronger
  • aggrandize
  • boil up
  • bolster
  • cement
  • character-building
  • deepen
  • fortify
  • harden
  • hardening
  • invigoration
  • jell
  • restoke
  • restrengthen
  • sharpen
  • solidification
  • solidify
  • soup
  • soupsomethingup
  • undulled
  • wired
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Geology: mineralogy
(Definition ofconcentratefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

concentrate| American Dictionary

concentrate
verb[I/T]
us
/ˈkɑn·sənˌtreɪt/

concentrateverb[I/T](GIVE ATTENTION)

todirecta lot ofattentionandthoughtto anactivityorsubject, or todirectefforttowardachievingaresult:
[Ialways+ adv/prep]In herlateryears, she concentrated on her writing andteaching.
[T]Thepoliceare concentratingtheirsearchin theareawhere thechildwas lastseen.

concentrateverb[I/T](COME TOGETHER)

[I/T]
tobringor come together in alargenumberoramountin oneparticulararea:
[T]Most of the country’spopulationis concentrated in thecities.

concentrateverb[I/T](CHANGE SUBSTANCE)

[T]chemistry
to make asubstancestrongerorpurerbyremovingwateror othersubstances
concentrate
noun[C/U]
us
/ˈkɑn·sənˌtreɪt/

concentratenoun[C/U](SUBSTANCE)

asubstancefrom whichwateror othersubstanceshave beenremoved
(Definition ofconcentratefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

concentrate| Business English

concentrate
verb[IorT]
uk
/ˈkɒnsəntreɪt/us
to give all ofyourattentionto oneparticularactivity,subject, orproblem:
concentrate on sthThecorporationissellingoffitsrestaurantchainto concentrate onitscoreretailingbusiness.
concentrate on doing sthThe newfirmwill concentrate onmanagingmoneyforinstitutionalinvestors.
concentrate your efforts/attention/resources on sthManywineproducershave concentratedtheireffortsonproducinglesswine, but of ahigherquality.
(Definition ofconcentratefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconcentrate

concentrate
Grief here is not diffused among many, thus attenuating the grief experienced by the individual, but is personalized and concentrated in the extreme.
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Instead, they had concentrated on the accumulation of historical and biographical information.
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Instead of concentrating on the rational exchange of information, literature should emphasize the presence of both rational and irrational elements in human existence.
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In this history we have concentrated on the evidence of literary critics.
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Competence is with production rather than design and therefore he concentrates on that.
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On the computer you really concentrated on the screen - didn't have time to talk to the person next to you.
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To date the critical response has concentrated on ethics and the political and clinical practicality of the proposals.
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Roberts concentrates on the abnormalities that have been found in the medial temporal cortex in a number of independent studies.
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When the new methods of concentrating minerals were introduced, large numbers of female workers were replaced by male in the sink and float plants.
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However, it is disappointing that it concentrates quite so much on the more traditional aspects of coloration, especially the coloration of textiles.
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Local companies ceased producing and concentrated on distribution.
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Unemployment tends to be concentrated within certain families.
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The fractions showing high chorismate mutase activity were pooled and concentrated by centrifugal filtration.
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The fractions showing high aromatic aminotransferase activity were pooled and concentrated by centrifugal filtration.
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We did not look at the co-prescribed drugs here, but concentrated only on antibiotics.
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