[mass noun]the action or power of focusing one's attention or mental effort 专心,专注;注意力 frowning in concentration. 蹙额深思。 the worker needs total concentration. 这个工人需要全神贯注。 ■(concentration on/upon)dealing with one particular thing above all others (仅)处理;(仅)注重 concentration on the needs of the young can mean that the elderly are forgotten. 对年轻人需求的注重可能意味着对老年人的忽视。
a close gathering of people or things 聚集者;集中物;集结物 the island has the greatest concentration of seabirds in the north-west. 此岛集中了西北部最多的海鸟。 ■[mass noun]the action of gathering together closely 集中;集结 the concentration of power in the hands of nobles. 贵族手里集中的权力。
the relative amount of a particular substance contained within a solution or mixture or in a particular volume of space; the amount of solute per unit volume of solution 浓度;含量 the gas can collect in dangerous concentrations. 此种气体能聚积到引起危险的浓度。 ■[mass noun]the action of strengthening a solution by the removal of water or other diluting agent or by the selective accumulation of atoms or molecules 浓缩