| 单词 | concentrate |
| 释义 | concentrate (once / 197 pages) 1vn 2v 3v 4v Concentrate means to make something stronger, denser, or more focused. If you concentrate your energy, for example, you become more powerful! Concentrate your efforts at digging, and you'll plant that shrub a lot faster. You may have seen the words "frozen concentrate" used to describe orange juice. That can of frozen orange goo is the juice in its purest, most condensed form — the concentrate — and it's much stronger and sweeter than the juice you'd drink. Another meaning of the verb concentrate refers to your mental focus. You might need to concentrate on what you're reading in order to understand it. When you concentrate, you strengthen your focus to shut out distractions. WORD FAMILYconcentrate: concentrated, concentrates, concentrating, concentration, deconcentrate+/concentrated: concentratedly/concentration: concentrations/deconcentrate: deconcentrated, deconcentrating USAGE EXAMPLESHe started concentrating on that fix at the World Cup in Australia, where he teamed with Rickie Fowler to finish tied for second. Golf Digest(Jan 02, 2017) And while poverty creates burdens for all kinds of schools, when it occurs in densely concentrated neighborhoods, it’s harder to overcome, Funk said. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The problem is exacerbated by how much power is concentrated in the presidency, relative to the legislature or to the judiciary. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v make denser, stronger, or purer concentrate juice Hyper change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action 2v compress or concentrate Syn|Hyper condense, contract condense become more compact or concentrated alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 3v cook until very little liquid is left Syn|Hyper boil down, reduce decrease, lessen, minify make smaller 4v be cooked until very little liquid is left Syn|Hyper boil down, decoct, reduce decrease, diminish, fall, lessen decrease in size, extent, or range 5n a concentrated example of something the concentrate of contemporary despair Hyper epitome, image, paradigm, prototype a standard or typical example 6n a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water Hypo|Hyper tomato concentrate a concentrated form of tomatoes evaporated milkmilk concentrated by evaporation frozen orange juice, orange-juice concentrateorange juice that has been concentrated and frozen food product, foodstuff a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food 7n the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore 2Syn|Hyper dressed ore ore a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined 1v make central Syn|Ant|Hyper centralise, centralize decentralise, decentralize, deconcentrate make less central alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 2v draw together or meet in one common center 3These groups concentrate in the inner cities Hyper converge move or draw together at a certain location v make more concise 4Syn|Hypo|Hyper condense, digest capsule, capsulise, capsulize, encapsulate put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume telescopemake smaller or shorter abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten reduce in scope while retaining essential elements v direct one's attention on something Syn|Hypo|Hyper center, centre, focus, pore, rivet rivet hold (someone's attention) absorb, engross, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep devote (oneself) fully to recallcause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression thinkfocus one's attention on a certain state zoom inexamine closely; focus one's attention on hear, listen, take heedlisten and pay attention drink, drink inbe fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to inclinebend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well cerebrate, cogitate, think use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments |
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