concrete

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con·crete1 /ˈkɒŋkriːt $ kɑːnˈkriːt/ adjectiveadj

1 TBCmade of concrete 混凝土的

a concrete floor

混凝土地面

2 DETAILdefinite and specific 具体的 → abstract

What does that mean in concrete terms?

具体来说那到底是什么意思？

the lack of any concrete evidence

缺少具体证据的

a dialogue about concrete issues and problems

有关具体事情和问题的对话

—concretely adverbadv

n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: definite and specific

nouns

concrete evidence

First, the police must have concrete evidence of an offence.

a concrete example

I can illustrate this point with a concrete example.

a concrete proposal

People talked a lot but made few concrete proposals.

concrete results

The negotiations failed to achieve any concrete results.

concrete action

In order to solve this problem, the government must take concrete action.

(a) concrete form

A society's culture is expressed in a concrete form in the arts.

phrases

in concrete terms

Let me explain what I mean in more concrete terms.

take concrete steps to do something

The country has to take concrete steps to end the violence.

Examples from the Corpus

concrete• It would, by virtue of the fact that it was scientifically detectable, be concrete.• Concrete beams and a concrete wall will tend to move as one.• They were following the concrete channel of the serpentine rill, which emptied itself into a pool of stygian blackness.• He fell and hit his head on the concrete floor.• With the attainment of concrete operations, the ability to reason logically about and solve conservation problems emerges.• Trent dived belly flat into the protection of a bush sprouting from beside the concrete piling.• No mention is made of any concrete plans to address workers' complaints.• It was the first major concrete structure to be built in Britain since Roman times.• Just tell him what you want in clear and concrete terms.

concrete evidence• Beyond this, there is much speculation but little or no concrete evidence.• Not even the National Enquirer can dispute such concrete evidence.• The report appears content that such rhetorical gaps loom between the concrete evidence it amasses and the maxims it imparts.• In the absence of any concrete evidence of an agreement it is unlikely that this could have been done.• They were continual concrete evidence of the sleight of hand which had conjured me from one world to another.• What members will be hoping for is some early results and some concrete evidence that their voices are being heard.

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