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单词 concentre
释义

Definition of concentre in English:

concentre

(US concenter)
verb kɒnˈsɛntəkän-
[with object]
  • 1Concentrate (something) in a small space or area.

    the property of this country is concentred in a very few hands
    Example sentencesExamples
    • TALDIS is an Alibaba supplier that manufactures Tomato Paste, Double Concentred Tomato Paste in Morocco.
    • Why do tertiary alcohols react faster with concentred hydrochloric acid than do secondary or primary alcohol?
    • The property of this country is absolutely concentred in a very few hands, having revenues of from half a million of guineas a year downwards.
    • But his favours to three thousand were concentered in one body.
    Synonyms
    collect, gather, congregate, draw together, converge, mass, cluster, rally
    1. 1.1no object Come together at a common centre.
      here the produce of this extensive territory concentres
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Some dissatisfaction turns his meditation into what Charles Berger calls the ‘dark countersong’ of a ‘counter-sublime’, as it questions the relation between ‘concentred self’ and Other, between particular and general.
      • Penn's letter, of 1683, to the Free Society of Traders, sufficiently intimates the cause of its location there, showing that Penn expected business to concentre there.
      • The fury of the battle seemed to concentre there, and through the time-worn walls the shot was plunging, splintering the planks and beams, and shivering the stone foundation.
    2. 1.2archaic Bring (two or more things) towards a common centre.
      a passion in which soul and body were concentred

Origin

Late 16th century: from French concentrer, from Latin con- 'together' + centrum 'centre'.

 
 

Definition of concenter in US English:

concenter

verbkän-
[with object]
  • 1Concentrate (something) in a small space or area.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The property of this country is absolutely concentred in a very few hands, having revenues of from half a million of guineas a year downwards.
    • Why do tertiary alcohols react faster with concentred hydrochloric acid than do secondary or primary alcohol?
    • But his favours to three thousand were concentered in one body.
    • TALDIS is an Alibaba supplier that manufactures Tomato Paste, Double Concentred Tomato Paste in Morocco.
    Synonyms
    collect, gather, congregate, draw together, converge, mass, cluster, rally
    1. 1.1no object Come together or collect at a common center.
      his thoughts concenter there monotonously
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The fury of the battle seemed to concentre there, and through the time-worn walls the shot was plunging, splintering the planks and beams, and shivering the stone foundation.
      • Penn's letter, of 1683, to the Free Society of Traders, sufficiently intimates the cause of its location there, showing that Penn expected business to concentre there.
      • Some dissatisfaction turns his meditation into what Charles Berger calls the ‘dark countersong’ of a ‘counter-sublime’, as it questions the relation between ‘concentred self’ and Other, between particular and general.
    2. 1.2archaic Bring (two or more things) toward a common center.

Origin

Late 16th century: from French concentrer, from Latin con- ‘together’ + centrum ‘center’.

 
 
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