Concentrate
['kɒns(ə)ntreɪt] or ['kɑnsn'tret]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a concentrated example of something; 'the concentrate of contemporary despair'.
(noun.) a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water.
(verb.) make denser, stronger, or purer; 'concentrate juice'.
(verb.) direct one's attention on something; 'Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies'.
(verb.) draw together or meet in one common center; 'These groups concentrate in the inner cities'.
手打:柯尔斯顿--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention.
(v. t.) To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to dilute.
(v. i.) To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.
尤因整理
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Condense, bring into a small compass, bring toward a central point.[2]. Boil down, reduce by evaporation.
手打:默文
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:assemble, converge, muster, congregate, convene, draw, conglomerate, condense,localize, centralize
ANT:Disperse, scatter, dismiss, decentralize
安托万整理
解釋/意思:
v.t. to bring towards a common centre: to bring into a closer union: to condense to render more intense the properties of.—adj. Concen′trated (also Con′-).—n. Concentrā′tion act of concentrating: condensation: the keeping of the mind fixed on something.—adj. Concen′trative tending to concentrate.—n. Concen′trativeness.
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例句/造句/用法:
- My general plan now was to concentrate all the force possible against the Confederate armies in the field. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The colleges submit to it whenever they concentrate their attention on the details of the student's vocation before they have built up some cultural background. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- It was his opinion that it was cheaper to quarry and concentrate lean ore in a big way than to attempt to mine, under adverse circumstances, limited bodies of high-grade ore. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The impossibility of obtaining a uniform concentrate was a most serious objection, had there not indeed been other difficulties which rendered this method commercially impracticable. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Fortify, or rather intrench, at once, and concentrate all your troops for the field there as rapidly as you can. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- But I have so much to think of, in connexion with Borrioboola-Gha and it is so necessary I should concentrate myself that there is my remedy, you see. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- At the same time other points within my command were so threatened that it was impossible to concentrate a force to drive him away. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- By the same degrees his attention became concentrated on the knife. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The vouchers were produced, and for the next half-hour Mr Fledgeby concentrated his sublime attention on them. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- A word more, and the attention of the reader (concentrated breathlessly on myself) shall be released. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Mr. Pickwick returned the glare, concentrated into a focus by means of his spectacles, and breathed a bold defiance. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- There were supposed to be Italian troops concentrated in Soria, and at Siguenza again besides those operating in the North. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- As the concentrated expression returned to his forehead, he seemed to become conscious that it was in hers too. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- These jetties so concentrated the flow of waters into a narrow channel as to cause its increased velocity to wash out the mud and silt and deepen the channel. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- My dear George, returns the elder, concentrating his strong steady brow upon him and smiling confidently, leave that to me, and let me try. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The Edison concentrating plant has been sketched in the briefest outline with a view of affording merely a bare idea of the great work of its projector. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- His genius as an inventor is revealed in many details of the great concentrating plant. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Edison has said that sometimes he has wondered how it was he did not become an analytical chemist instead of concentrating on electricity, for which he had at first no great inclination. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Sigel is concentrating now. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Concentrating my mind upon the massive lock I hurled the nine thought waves against it. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Likewise, it seems to me that, concentrating our attention on the examination, we altogether overlook one of the best points of the animal. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- We are now in sight of the real 'concentrates,' which are conveyed to dryer No. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Obviously, at each step the percentage of felspar and phosphorus is less and less until in the final concentrates the percentage of iron oxide is 91 to 93 per cent. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
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