Concentrate

(noun.) a concentrated example of something; 'the concentrate of contemporary despair'.

(noun.) a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water.

(verb.) make denser, stronger, or purer; 'concentrate juice'.

(verb.) direct one's attention on something; 'Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies'.

(verb.) draw together or meet in one common center; 'These groups concentrate in the inner cities'.

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• My general plan now was to concentrate all the force possible against the Confederate armies in the field. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The colleges submit to it whenever they concentrate their attention on the details of the student's vocation before they have built up some cultural background. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• It was his opinion that it was cheaper to quarry and concentrate lean ore in a big way than to attempt to mine, under adverse circumstances, limited bodies of high-grade ore. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The impossibility of obtaining a uniform concentrate was a most serious objection, had there not indeed been other difficulties which rendered this method commercially impracticable. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Fortify, or rather intrench, at once, and concentrate all your troops for the field there as rapidly as you can. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• But I have so much to think of, in connexion with Borrioboola-Gha and it is so necessary I should concentrate myself that there is my remedy, you see. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• At the same time other points within my command were so threatened that it was impossible to concentrate a force to drive him away. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• By the same degrees his attention became concentrated on the knife. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The vouchers were produced, and for the next half-hour Mr Fledgeby concentrated his sublime attention on them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• A word more, and the attention of the reader (concentrated breathlessly on myself) shall be released. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Mr. Pickwick returned the glare, concentrated into a focus by means of his spectacles, and breathed a bold defiance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• There were supposed to be Italian troops concentrated in Soria, and at Siguenza again besides those operating in the North. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• As the concentrated expression returned to his forehead, he seemed to become conscious that it was in hers too. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• These jetties so concentrated the flow of waters into a narrow channel as to cause its increased velocity to wash out the mud and silt and deepen the channel. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• My dear George, returns the elder, concentrating his strong steady brow upon him and smiling confidently, leave that to me, and let me try. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The Edison concentrating plant has been sketched in the briefest outline with a view of affording merely a bare idea of the great work of its projector. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• His genius as an inventor is revealed in many details of the great concentrating plant. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Edison has said that sometimes he has wondered how it was he did not become an analytical chemist instead of concentrating on electricity, for which he had at first no great inclination. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Sigel is concentrating now. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Concentrating my mind upon the massive lock I hurled the nine thought waves against it. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Likewise, it seems to me that, concentrating our attention on the examination, we altogether overlook one of the best points of the animal. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• We are now in sight of the real 'concentrates,' which are conveyed to dryer No. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Obviously, at each step the percentage of felspar and phosphorus is less and less until in the final concentrates the percentage of iron oxide is 91 to 93 per cent. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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