concentrate
gb/kˈɔnsəntɹˌeɪt/ us/kˈɔnsəntɹˌeɪt/
A2
อังกฤษ
~ 1400
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำกริยา
A2
action
1
Focus attention or mental effort
To give all your attention to one thing and not think about anything else.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to concentrate on [something]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'concentrate' with 'focus' but use the wrong preposition; the correct phrase is 'concentrate on', not 'concentrate at' or 'concentrate in'.
คำพ้องความหมาย
focus (More common in everyday speech; often interchangeable.)
คำตรงข้าม
distract (Means to take attention away from something.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
concentrate hard
|concentrate fully
|concentrate on work
|concentrate on studies
|concentrate better
หัวข้อ
daily life
|education
|work
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- I can't concentrate with all that noise outside.
- She needs to concentrate on her driving.
- He found it hard to concentrate after the long meeting.
- Please be quiet so I can concentrate on my homework.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- I must concentrate on my homework.
- She cannot concentrate when the TV is on.
- He tries to concentrate in class.
- We need to concentrate during the test.
คำกริยา
B1
action
2
Make a substance stronger
To make a liquid stronger by taking water out of it.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to concentrate [a liquid/substance]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may confuse this meaning with 'focus'; context usually makes the difference clear.
คำพ้องความหมาย
condense (Focuses more on reducing volume rather than increasing strength.)
คำตรงข้าม
dilute (Means to make a liquid weaker by adding more liquid, usually water.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
concentrate juice
|concentrate a solution
|concentrate flavor
หัวข้อ
science
|cooking
|food_drink
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- The factory concentrates orange juice for shipping.
- Boiling will concentrate the sauce's flavor.
- They concentrated the solution by evaporating the water.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- They concentrate fruit juice in the factory.
- Boiling will concentrate the soup.
- We can concentrate milk by removing water.
คำกริยา
B2
action
3
Bring together in one place
To put people or things close together in one place.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to concentrate [things/people] in [a place]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse this with 'focus' on an idea, but here it means physical gathering or grouping.
คำพ้องความหมาย
gather (A more general and less formal term for bringing together.)
คำตรงข้าม
disperse (Means to spread people or things apart over a larger area.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
concentrate troops
|concentrate resources
|concentrate efforts
หัวข้อ
geography
|military
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- The army concentrated its forces near the border.
- We should concentrate our efforts on this project.
- Factories are concentrated in the city's industrial zone.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- They concentrate soldiers near the city.
- We must concentrate our work here.
- Shops are concentrated in the town center.
คำนาม
B1
entity
4
Substance with reduced liquid content
A liquid that has had water removed to make it stronger.
คำพ้องความหมาย
essence (Usually refers to flavoring substances, especially in cooking.)
คำตรงข้าม
dilution (A weaker form of a liquid after adding more liquid.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
orange juice concentrate
|tomato paste concentrate
หัวข้อ
science
|cooking
|food_drink
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- The recipe calls for frozen orange juice concentrate.
- We added water to the concentrate before drinking it.
- This paint is made from a natural dye concentrate.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- I buy juice concentrate from the store.
- Add water to the concentrate to make juice.
- We use tomato concentrate for cooking.
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รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
concentrate
IPA
GB/kˈɔnsəntɹˌeɪt/
US/kˈɔnsəntɹˌeɪt/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
con - cen - trate (3 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (con)
รูปคำ
Noun
- Base: concentrate
- Plural: concentrate, concentrates
Verb
- Base: concentrate
- 3rd Person Singular: concentrates
- Present Participle: concentrating
- Past: concentrated
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
วลีและสำนวน
concentrate on
1/kˈɔnsəntɹˌeɪt ˈɔn/
fixed phrase
Focus attention on something specific
To give all your attention to something particular.
ตัวอย่าง
- You need to concentrate on finishing your assignment.
- He is concentrating on learning Spanish right now.
concentrate one's efforts
1/kˈɔnsəntɹˌeɪt wˈʌnz ˈɛfɚts/
fixed phrase
Focus energy on one goal
To put all your energy into doing one thing.
ตัวอย่าง
- We should concentrate our efforts on improving customer service.
- They are concentrating their efforts on finding new investors.
orange juice concentrate
1/ˈɔɹɪnd͡ʒ d͡ʒˈus kˈɔnsəntɹˌeɪt/
fixed phrase
Orange juice with water removed
Orange juice that has had most of its water taken out so it is strong and easy to store.
ตัวอย่าง
- This drink is made from frozen orange juice concentrate.
- They import orange juice concentrate from Brazil.