| 单词 | concentrate |
| 释义 | concentrate (kɒnsəntreɪt ) Word forms: concentrates , concentrating , concentrated 1. verb B1 If you concentrate on something, or concentrate your mind on it, you give all your attention to it. It was up to him to concentrate on his studies and make something of himself. [VERB + on] Water companies should concentrate on reducing waste instead of building new reservoirs. [V on n/-ing] At work you need to be able to concentrate. [VERB] This helps you to be aware of time and concentrates your mind on the immediate task. [VERB noun + on] 2. verb [usually passive] If something is concentrated in an area, it is all there rather than being spread around. Italy's industrial districts are concentrated in its north-central and north-eastern regions. [be V-ed in n] Most development has been concentrated in and around cities. [be VERB-ed + in] 3. variable noun Concentrate is a liquid or substance from which water has been removed in order to make it stronger, or to make it easier to store. ...orange juice made from concentrate. 4. concentrate someone's mind phrase If you say that an unpleasant fact or situation concentrates someone's mind, you mean that it makes them think clearly, because they are aware of the serious consequences if they do not. A term in prison will concentrate his mind wonderfully. Collocations: concentrate exclusively on The institution then ceased providing college programs to concentrate exclusively on the university programs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1949, following a factory fire, the decision was made to concentrate exclusively on electrical wiring devices (switches and sockets). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For that to happen, 'government must move away from concentrating exclusively on support to young first-time buyers'. Times, Sunday Times He also has a bar menu that concentrates exclusively on smaller plates. Globe and Mail In the 1640s he returned to printing concentrating exclusively on etching. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The suspension can prop that up without thinking, and so concentrate fully on what it's supposed to be doing. Times,Sunday Times I can concentrate fully on committing myself to the club. Times, Sunday Times Only recently have the band members been able to concentrate fully on music. The Sun So it was a case of getting him to think clearly, learn when to concentrate fully on the task at hand and when to switch off. The Sun That can be really good as it allows me to concentrate fully on the melody and the lyrics. The Sun When viewers were concentrating hard on another visual task, subliminal images of household objects failed to be registered by the brain. Times, Sunday Times (2007) You must concentrate hard to try to generate powerful theta waves - a type of brain wave that can be associated with meditation. Times, Sunday Times (2009) You had, however, to concentrate hard to pick up that biographical detail from this annoyingly uninquisitive film. Times, Sunday Times (2015) But it still allows schools the option to concentrate heavily on literary works. Times, Sunday Times To lead or sustain with innovations, managers need to concentrate heavily on the innovation network, which requires deep understanding of the complexity of innovation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This discouraged many sheriffs from concentrating heavily on law enforcement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Concentrating heavily on vocal harmonies, they quickly put a show together and began booking themselves in local bars and restaurants. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The book concentrates heavily on where he eats and the people he eats with and the unusual flavours he tastes on the road. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The programmes concentrate mainly on practical work, but also include theory. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They concentrate mainly on cultivation and cattle breeding, as it pertains to dairy farming. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The smiths gradually came to concentrate mainly on making sheet metal or plate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Current government policies concentrate mainly on the improvement of energy efficiency, in both residential and industrial sectors, as well as increasing renewable energy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As a college student, he concentrated mainly on the sociological end of issues. Christianity Today Both have concentrated mostly on defeating their common enemy. Times, Sunday Times The police procedural takes its remit for realism a bit too far this week, concentrating mostly on how one person extracts information from another in the interview room. Times, Sunday Times In later years, he concentrated mostly on mathematics. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He concentrated mostly on security matters, and did not become involved in foreign policy decisions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He undertook a wide range of civil legal work, but his practice concentrated mostly on wills, trusts and estates. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The dynasty tried to eradicate local warlords and concentrate power in its hands, but this in fact only increased the level of hostility. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was concerned for the good of the collective and ever suspicious of those who wished to concentrate power in the hands of the few. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And union mergers have concentrated power in fewer and fewer hands. Times, Sunday Times They have concentrated power in the hands of the apparat and its activist followers. Times,Sunday Times The problem with the 'trusts', to use the term of the time, was that they concentrated power in private hands to the detriment of the commonwealth. Times, Sunday Times The paintings concentrate primarily on expressing feelings and moods rather than reproducing objective reality, usually distorting colour and form. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, it now concentrates primarily on its meat and coffee products. Times, Sunday Times In his professional life, after striking it big with the first of his two famous series, he eschewed big-budget bluster, concentrating primarily on independent film. Times, Sunday Times But both collections, concentrating primarily on the first half of the twentieth century, gather together articles that shed light on interesting and sometimes littleknown aspects. The Times Literary Supplement She began painting again, and now concentrates primarily on her art. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many big companies are narrowing their science to concentrate resources on a handful of therapeutic areas. Times, Sunday Times It will concentrate resources in one place and sounds the safest and quickest way to get us going again. The Sun Labour preferred to credit the size of its victory, with 55 per cent of the vote, to its decision to concentrate resources on local organisation. Times, Sunday Times I now hear of plans to merge the two into one from the summer - not owing to any financial cutbacks, but to concentrate resources and efforts into one stronger channel. Times, Sunday Times As a result of the move, which will concentrate resources in more winnable areas, some results have already been settled. Times, Sunday Times Players often ignore the upside of making a bold play and concentrate solely on the negatives. Times,Sunday Times Normally at a racecourse you can shut out the crowd and concentrate solely on how you ride your horse. The Sun I'll just stay in our changing room give the team talk and concentrate solely on winning a game which we desperately need to win. The Sun With this weight off his mind and his future sorted, he can concentrate solely on playing his very best football. The Sun Don't concentrate solely on 'moles', however. Times, Sunday Times The unfettered market, on this view, concentrates wealth at the centre and starves the provinces. Times,Sunday Times It increases social inequality by concentrating wealth in similar households. Times, Sunday Times A new way of concentrating wealth in art supplants the old, leading to rows about whether such trade should be happening at all and, if so, where and between whom. The Times Literary Supplement Subsidies have concentrated wealth in the hands of a minority. Times, Sunday Times Losses were concentrated largely in wheat. canada.com For several years, she concentrated largely on this work, and played little in the way of concerts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Revolutionary sentiment was concentrated largely among the more educated and urban sectors of the populace. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He concentrated largely on smaller neighborhood venues during this period. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They would have been filled with liquid hydrogen peroxide disguised with food dye and fruit concentrate. The Sun It's a striped fruit roll made with real fruit concentrate and real yogurt. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She has also indicated that the fruit concentrates are just sugar. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 集中 Japanese: 集中する |
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