concentre
/kɒnˈsentə(r)/( <美> concenter)
verb
with obj.
1- concentrate (something) in a small space or area使集中于一点; 使会聚:
the property of this country is concentred in a very few hands.
这个国家的财产集中在极少数人手里。
1.1
- no obj. come together or collect at a common centre集中; 集合; 聚集:
here the produce of this extensive territory concentres.
这片广阔地区的农产品在此集中。
1.2
- archaic bring or draw (two or more things) towards a common centre〈古〉使(两个或两个以上事物)会聚, 使会合:
a passion in which soul and body were concentred.
使灵与肉结合的激情。
词源
late 16th cent.: from French concentrer, from Latin con- 'together'+centrum 'centre'.