| 单词 | focus |
| 释义 | focus (once / 184 pages) 1nv 2nv 3nv 4n Focus is something that camera lenses and sleepy students are always being asked to do. For cameras, it means finding a point where the subject is clear or "in focus." For students, it means paying attention. Focus is all about finding a center — of a parabolic curve, of a lens, of a meditative state. In Latin, focus meant 'domestic hearth,' which just goes to show that not much has changed — since kitchens remain the focus of the modern home. Focus can be used as a verb, as in "I need to focus on my work, so I can play video games later;" and as a noun, as in "What is the focus of this essay? I can't tell, since the writer seems to be all over the place." WORD FAMILYfocus: foci, focused, focuses, focusing, focussing, refocus+/focused: unfocused/focussing: focussings/refocus: refocused, refocuses, refocusing, refocussed USAGE EXAMPLESHe focused only on securing a perfect ending to an epic evening. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) People considering gastric bypass surgery often focus on the immediate result: an end to obesity after struggling unsuccessfully to lose weight. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) And maybe there’s a lesson to be learned here: to move outside myself, to move beyond nausea; to focus on the other, not on self. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1n the concentration of attention or energy on something the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology Syn|Hypo|Hyper centering, direction, focal point, focusing, focussing particularism a focus on something particular absorption, concentration, engrossment, immersion complete attention; intense mental effort 2n special emphasis attached to something Syn|Hyper stress accent, emphasis special importance or significance 3v direct one's attention on something 2Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies Syn|Hypo|Hyper center, centre, concentrate, 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 1n maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system in focus out of focus Hyper distinctness, sharpness the quality of being sharp and clear 2n maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea the controversy brought clearly into focus an important difference of opinion Hyper clarity, clearness, limpidity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression 3v put (an image) into focus Please focus the image Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper focalise, focalize, sharpen blear, blur make dim or indistinct refocus put again into focus or focus more sharply adjust, correct, set alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard 4v bring into focus or alignment; converge or cause to converge (of ideas or emotions) 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper concenter, concentre, focalise, focalize refocus focus anew adjust, align, aline, line up place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight 1n a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges Syn|Hyper focal point point the precise location of something; a spatially limited location 2n a central point or locus of an infection in an organism the focus of infection Syn|Hyper focal point, nidus point the precise location of something; a spatially limited location 3v cause to converge on or toward a central point Focus the light on this image Ant|Hypo|Hyper blur to make less distinct or clear refocus focus once again; The physicist refocused the light beam" sharpen make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper 4v become focussed or come into focus 4The light focused Syn|Ant|Hyper focalise, focalize blur, dim, slur become vague or indistinct adapt, adjust, conform adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions n a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section Hyper point the precise location of something; a spatially limited location |
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