亚洲网紅露点

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concentrate

[ kon-suhn-treyt ]

verb (used with object)

concentrated, concentrating.
  1. to bring or draw to a common center or point of union; converge; direct toward one point; focus:

    to concentrate one's attention on a problem; to concentrate the rays of the sun with a lens.

    Antonyms: ,

  2. to put or bring into a single place, group, etc.:

    The nation's wealth had been concentrated in a few families.

  3. to intensify; make denser, stronger, or purer, especially by the removal or reduction of liquid:

    to concentrate fruit juice; to concentrate a sauce by boiling it down.

  4. Mining. to separate (metal or ore) from rock, sand, etc., so as to improve the quality of the valuable portion.


verb (used without object)

concentrated, concentrating.
  1. to bring all efforts, faculties, activities, etc., to bear on one thing or activity (often followed by on or upon ):

    to concentrate on solving a problem.

    Antonyms:

  2. to come to or toward a common center; converge; collect:

    The population concentrated in one part of the city.

  3. to become more intense, stronger, or purer.

noun

  1. a concentrated form of something; a product of concentration:

    a juice concentrate.

concentrate

/ 藞办蓲苍蝉蓹苍藢迟谤别瑟迟 /

verb

  1. to come or cause to come to a single purpose or aim

    to concentrate one's hopes on winning

  2. to make or become denser or purer by the removal of certain elements, esp the solvent of a solution
  3. tr to remove rock or sand from (an ore) to make it purer
  4. introften foll byon to bring one's faculties to bear (on); think intensely (about)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a concentrated material or solution

    tomato concentrate

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞肠辞苍肠别苍藢迟谤补迟辞谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠辞苍路肠别苍路迟谤补路迟颈惫别 [kon, -s, uh, n-trey-tiv, k, uh, n-, sen, -tr, uh, -], adjective
  • 肠辞苍顎僣别苍路迟谤补顎卼颈惫别路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 肠辞苍顎僣别苍路迟谤补顎卼辞谤 noun
  • 苍辞苍路肠辞苍顎僣别苍路迟谤补顎卼颈惫别 adjective
  • non路肠辞苍顎僣别苍路迟谤补顎卼颈惫别路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 辞顎卾别谤路肠辞苍顎僣别苍路迟谤补迟别顎 verb overconcentrated overconcentrating
  • 辫谤别路肠辞苍顎僣别苍路迟谤补迟别顎 noun verb preconcentrated preconcentrating
  • 谤别路肠辞苍顎僣别苍路迟谤补迟别顎 verb reconcentrated reconcentrating
  • 耻苍路肠辞苍顎僣别苍路迟谤补顎卼颈惫别 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of concentrate1

First recorded in 1630鈥40; from French concentr(er) or Italian concentr(are) ( con-, center ) + -ate 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of concentrate1

C17: back formation from concentration , ultimately from Latin com- same + centrum centre
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A quarter of Ukraine's land mass is estimated to be contaminated with landmines, mainly concentrated in the war-torn east of the country.

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Resolving her eye problems has allowed Ellie to concentrate on her training as a GP and arrange her wedding.

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The gains have been concentrated at least within the last decade among voters without a college degree, the working class 鈥 that is where Republicans have gained even since the beginning of the Donald Trump administration.

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But there remains some division within the party about whether they should spend their time hammering Trump and his accomplices on their authoritarian takeover or concentrate on the perennial "kitchen table issues."

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鈥淚 can literally just concentrate on studying for my classes,鈥 she said.

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