concentrate

集中する

ほかのことに気を取られず、一つのことをよく考える。

やさしい英語で： To think carefully about one thing without letting other things take your attention.

• I can’t concentrate with this noise.
• She concentrated on reading the instructions.
• Try to concentrate while I explain the rules.

使い方： concentrate on something/doing something (He found it difficult to concentrate on his homework.)

類義語： focus, pay attention

よく使う表現： concentrate on something, concentrate hard, concentrate fully

集中する、注力する

時間や力、資源の大部分を特定の活動や目標に向ける。

やさしい英語で： To give most of your time, energy, or resources to a particular activity or goal.

• We concentrate on helping local families.
• They concentrated their efforts on repairing the bridge.
• The company will concentrate its resources on staff training.

使い方： concentrate on something/doing something (We will concentrate on improving the service.); concentrate something on something (They concentrated their resources on the new product.)

類義語： focus

よく使う表現： concentrate on something, concentrate efforts on something

集中する、集まる

特定の場所に大勢や大量のものが集まる、または存在する。

やさしい英語で： To gather or be present in large numbers in a particular place.

• Most jobs are concentrated in the capital.
• Tourists concentrate around the old town square.
• The fighting was concentrated in a small area.

使い方： be concentrated in/around something (Most factories are concentrated around the port.)

類義語： cluster, gather

反対語： disperse

よく使う表現： concentrate in something, concentrate around something

集中させる、集める

物を一つの場所や集団、点に集める。

やさしい英語で： To bring things together into one place, group, or point.

• The lens concentrates light into a small spot.
• The general concentrated his forces near the border.
• They concentrated all the supplies in one warehouse.

使い方： concentrate something in/at something (The army concentrated its troops at the crossing.); concentrate something into something (The mirror concentrates sunlight into a narrow beam.)

類義語： gather, focus, bring together

反対語： disperse, scatter

よく使う表現： concentrate light, concentrate forces, concentrate something into something

濃縮液、濃縮物

水分を取り除いて濃くした物。使う前に水で薄めることが多い。

やさしい英語で： A substance made stronger by removing water, often mixed with water before use.

• This juice is made from concentrate.
• Mix the concentrate with three parts water.
• Keep cleaning concentrates away from children.

よく使う表現： orange concentrate, juice concentrate, from concentrate