concentrate

Word family

con·cen·trate1 /ˈkɒnsəntreɪt $ ˈkɑːn-/ S2 W2 AWL verb

1 [intransitiveI]ATTENTION to think very carefully about something that you are doing 专注，专心；集中注意力 → concentration

Now please concentrate.

现在请集中注意力。

Adrian was finding it difficult to concentrate.

阿德里安觉得自己很难集中注意力。

concentrate on

Be quiet – let me concentrate on my homework.

安静点，让我专心做家庭作业。

n Grammar

You concentrate on something:

I’m trying to concentrate on my work.

✗Don’t say: I’m trying to concentrate in my work.

2 HERE[intransitiveI, transitiveT] to be present in large numbers or amounts somewhere, or to cause people or things to be present in large numbers or amounts somewhere （使）集中于；（使）汇集于 → concentration

be concentrated in/at something

Italian industry is concentrated mainly in the north.

意大利的工业主要集中在北部。

Construction of the aircraft is being concentrated at Prestwick.

飞机制造正在向普雷斯特威克集中。

concentrate in/at

Women concentrate in a small number of occupations.

妇女集中在一小部分行业里。

n Grammar

Concentrate is usually passive in this meaning, when used as a transitive verb.

3 something concentrates the mind if something concentrates the mind, it makes you think very clearly 某物使头脑清醒

Relaxing in a Jacuzzi concentrates the mind wonderfully.

在按摩浴缸里放松放松可以让头脑非常清醒。

Examples from the Corpus

something concentrates the mind• It concentrates the mind better than anything I know.• Equally the Tender concentrates the mind wonderfully in a way that a final offer by letter from the insurer can not.

4. [transitiveT]LIQUID to make a substance or liquid stronger by removing some of the water from it 浓缩〔液体〕 → concentrated

5 concentrate (something) on something phrasal verbphr v ATTENTIONto give most of your attention or effort to one thing 把注意力集中于，全神贯注于 SYN focus on

Doctors are aiming to concentrate more on prevention than cure.

医生打算把更多的精力放在疾病的预防而非治疗上。

concentrate your efforts/attention/energy/mind etc on something

I’m concentrating my efforts on writing my autobiography.

我正在集中精力写自传。

Examples from the Corpus

concentrate on • In the domestic market coal use will be concentrated largely on electricity generation and steel manufacture.• The applied ethics unit concentrates attention on ethics and the community.• Therefore I concentrate entirely on evidence from actual behavior.• Mauve kept insisting that he should concentrate more on studies from plaster casts.• In this stage, attention is concentrated almost exclusively on the end to be achieved ...• That allows the pitcher to concentrate fully on the hitter.• We have so far concentrated principally on the use of space resources to support future activities in space.• Some immigration experts say that if these figures were more widely understood, immigration foes might not concentrate so much on U.

concentrate your efforts/attention/energy/mind etc on something• So Microsoft is now concentrating its efforts on a product customers do want to buy: Windows.• I tried to concentrate my attention on one face.• Posterity undoubtedly concentrated its attention on St Augustine as a theologian, and on what he wrote about predestination.• You can concentrate your attentions on the feel and fit rather than any corrective properties of the shoe.• Instead, George concentrated his efforts on the few remaining furry areas on an otherwise bare bear.• He concentrated his efforts on the posterior aspect of the eye and established the ophthalmic exam.• Fred preferred not to reply, and concentrated his attention on the screen.

Examples from the Corpus

concentrate• I tried to read a few pages, but I found it hard to concentrate.• Okay, I'll stop talking so you can concentrate.• My general plan was now to concentrate all the force possible against the Confederate armies in the field.• About 600 people work on Unocal properties in the state, with most concentrated in the Central and Southern California areas.• The study concentrated on physics, not biology, Adams emphasized.• The analysis can be simplified by concentrating on the d.c. and fundamental components of voltage and current.• There were so many people talking that I couldn't concentrate on the music.• Sherman sat hunched forward and staring through the windshield, trying to concentrate on the traffic.• Founded in 1981, Softbank concentrated on two domestic markets: publishing and computer-software distribution.• Plant roots in the peats and estuarine sediments concentrate uranium in cell walls, especially in regions associated with transpiration processes.

concentrate on• Turn off the TV, so you can concentrate on your homework.

concentrate in/at• The minority population is concentrated in a few regions or states.• Democratic voters were also more likely to be concentrated in counties that did not check ballots for errors in the precinct.• Will they continue to be concentrated in large companies or will there be a growth in the relative importance of small firms?• And they are concentrated in some of the key battleground states for the presidential election.• Radium is readily absorbed into the body where it concentrates in the bone marrow and gives off very damaging alpha particles.• That volatility has risen as the stocks become increasingly concentrated in the hands of a relatively few mutual funds.• Then it can be argued that too much power is being concentrated in the hands of the minister.• We have concentrated in this chapter on theoretical approaches to the demand for sport.

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