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- focus [ 'fokəs] [ 'fəukəs]
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- 1. noun [physics] 焦点
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2.
noun
【同义词】focal length焦距
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3.
noun
聚焦，对焦点；对光
- to bring a camera into focus
- 给照相机调焦距
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4.
noun
（活动、注意力、兴趣的）中心，集中点
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5.
noun
宗旨
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6.
noun
[medicine]
（病）灶；疫源地
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7.
noun
[geology]
震源
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8.
noun
[mathematics]
（椭圆的）焦点
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9.
noun
[mathematics]
（抛物线或双曲线的）螺线极点
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10.
vt.
使聚焦，使集中于焦点
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11.
vt.
调节（眼睛、透镜等的）焦距；定…的焦点；使（眼睛）注视
- 12. vt. 集中；使集中于一点
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13.
vi.
聚焦；集中于焦点；注视
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14.
vi.
（照相机）对准焦点（于）；调焦距
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15.
vi.
特别关注（~on）
Collins English-English Dictionary
- focus ['fəυkəs]
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1.
n
a point of convergence of light or other electromagnetic radiation, particles, sound waves, etc, or a point from which they appear to diverge
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2.
n
another name for focal point focal length
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3.
n
[optics]
the state of an optical image when it is distinct and clearly defined or the state of an instrument producing this image
- the picture is in focus
- the telescope is out of focus
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4.
n
a point upon which attention, activity, etc, is directed or concentrated
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5.
n
[geometry]
a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section, used when defining its eccentricity
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6.
n
the point beneath the earth's surface at which an earthquake or underground nuclear explosion originates - Compare epicentre
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7.
n
[pathol]
the main site of an infection or a localized region of diseased tissue
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8.
vb
to bring or come to a focus or into focus
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9.
vt.
[tr;
often foll by on] to fix attention (on); concentrate -
10.
vt.
[Etymology]
C17: via New Latin from Latin: hearth, fireplace
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1.
n
a point of convergence of light or other electromagnetic radiation, particles, sound waves, etc, or a point from which they appear to diverge
Examples
- in focus/out of focus
- 焦点对准/没对准 → focus
- real focus
- 【物理学】实焦点： → focus
- virtual focus
- 【物理学】发散中心，虚焦点 → focus
- to bring a camera into focus
- 给照相机调焦距 → focus
- to focus one's attention on a question
- 把注意力集中在某个问题上 → focus
- out of focus
- 散焦，不聚焦
- Your camcorder should have these basic functions: auto focus, playback facility and zoom lens.
- 你的摄像机应该具备以下基本功能：自动聚焦、回放和变焦。 → zoom
- As I said before, we need to focus on the customers and their needs .
- 就像我以前说的，我们应该把重点放在顾客和他们的需求上。
- Biotechnology is one of the branches of biology that I would like to focus on.
- 生物技术学是生物学的一门分支学科，我想具体研究这一领域。 → branch
- The inner city has long been a focus for concern and reform.
- 旧城区一直都是最受关注的热点，也是改革的焦点。
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