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concentration

/kon-suhn-trey-shuhn/US // ˌkɒn sənˈtreɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌkɒnsənˈtreɪʃən) //

浓度,浓缩,集中,焦点

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of concentrating; the state of being concentrated.
    • : exclusive attention to one object; close mental application.
    • : something concentrated: a concentration of stars.
    • : Military. the assembling of military or naval forces in a particular area in preparation for further operations.a specified intensity and duration of artillery fire placed on a small area.
    • : the focusing of a student's academic program on advanced study in a specific subject or field.
    • : Chemistry. a measure of the amount of dissolved substance contained per unit of volume.
    • : Also called memory. Cards. a game in which all 52 cards are spread out face down on the table and each player in turn exposes two cards at a time and replaces them face down if they do not constitute a pair, the object being to take the most pairs by remembering the location of the cards previously exposed.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounconsolidation of effort

Examples

  • He brands that much concentration in extremely expensive stocks as “dangerous.”

  • I’m a force for innovation, encouraging the concentration of high-tech and other industries.

  • Some critics are calling for Google and Facebook to be broken up or have recent acquisitions “unwound” to promote competition and reduce the concentration of power.

  • It may be the greatest concentration of wealth on a single video call the world has yet seen.

  • It turns out there is quite a concentration of microbial life in the bottom of sea ice.

  • Within a concentration camp, would someone make a joke about the number, the tattooed number?

  • You want less concentration in banking—at least the type that will screw the little guy and imperil the economy?

  • It's slow and arduous and takes great concentration under the best of circumstances.

  • This is important in the concentration process, which takes place by means of an extraordinarily measured period of boiling.

  • The Great Lakes states, for example, boast the largest concentration of engineering jobs (more than 318,000) of any major region.

  • His idea was that there would be ample time later to order a concentration on either wing or on the centre.

  • Such concentration is very exhausting, and after two or three hours' practice I feel as if I should drop off the chair.

  • Hemmed in on all sides by the enemy, concentration of all his detachments for general retreat was impossible.

  • Macdonald was entrusted with this duty, and was further required to cover the concentration of Championnet's army.

  • This object became her passion, and she devoted herself to it with the concentration of every energy of mind and heart.