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现在分词：focusing|focussing
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词性:|noun|
例句1. schools are a focus of community life
例句2. the focus of this criticism is on helping people find solutions
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|noun|
1.A device on a lens which can be adjusted to produce a clear image.
‘He adjusts the focus of the Carl Zeiss 120 mm macro lens, which allows him to work very close up.’
‘Focus on the subject and use the focus lock facility of your camera.’
2.An act of concentrating interest or activity on something.
‘our focus on the customer's requirements’
‘Jesse refused to meet her eyes, his focus concentrating on her silver hoop earrings.’
3.An element of a sentence that is given prominence by intonational or other means.
4.another term for focal point
‘I don't value a more male focus above more female focus.’
‘They primarily felt that education is a necessary and central focus for building a strong nation.’
5.One of the fixed points from which the distances to any point of a given curve, such as an ellipse or parabola, are connected by a linear relation.
‘Well, he discovered, in the elliptical function, that the Sun was located at one of the two foci of the relevant ellipse.’
‘A feed system is placed with its phase center at the focus of the parabola.’
6.The centre of interest or activity.
‘this generation has made the environment a focus of attention’
‘Frequent shifts in the proposed focus of the fund suggest considerable contention behind the scenes.’
7.The point at which an object must be situated with respect to a lens or mirror for an image of it to be well defined.
8.The point of origin of an earthquake.
‘This result strongly agrees with the upward migration of seismic foci in the volcanic edifice, which has been found to precede recent flank eruptions.’
‘The geographic point directly above the focus is called the earthquake epicenter.’
9.The principal site of an infection or other disease.
‘In addition, a microscopic focus of transitional cell carcinoma was seen adjacent to the main tumor.’
‘Multiple foci of infection, several millimeters in diameter, were seen in many organs.’
10.The state or quality of having or producing clear visual definition.
‘his face is rather out of focus’
‘the incident brought her feelings for Alexander sharply into focus’
|verb|
1.(of a lens) concentrate (light, radio waves, or energy) into a sharp beam.
‘Just like a camera lens, the eye's lens focuses light to form sharp, clear images.’
‘The transmitter is physically close to the optical fiber and may even have a lens to focus the light into the fiber.’
2.(of a lens) make (rays or waves) meet at a single point.
‘And they were used for starting fires by focusing the rays of the sun.’
‘Others used a magnifying glass to focus the rays of the sun on the base of the wart.’
3.(of light, radio waves, or other energy) become concentrated into a sharp beam.
‘In the deep darkness it moved around quickly, setting up two water glasses on the table while the small light focused away from the two surrounding chairs.’
‘Furthermore, I'm using exercises that keep that stress focused precisely where I want it.’
4.(of rays or waves) meet at a single point.
‘Because gamma rays are hard to focus into sharp images, the science team then used the X-ray telescope on Swift to determine a precise location.’
‘These scatter the sun's rays, and prevent them from being focused together into a single bright point.’
5.Adapt to the prevailing level of light and become able to see clearly.
‘try to focus on a stationary object’
‘When she was able to focus, she saw two vamps descending on her.’
6.Adjust the focus of (a telescope, camera, or other instrument)
‘they were focusing a telescope on a star’
‘For example, in one puzzle you have to focus a telescope, and to do so you have to add or remove 14 lenses.’
7.Cause (one’s eyes) to focus.
‘she focused her eyes on his face’
‘It was difficult to focus her eyes, but she saw that he was gazing intently into them.’
8.Concentrate.
‘an opportunity to focus research on the health needs of the population’
‘The two central planks to the strategy focus firstly on retaining existing customers in its core activities of mortgage lending and savings.’
9.Pay particular attention to.
‘the study will focus on a number of areas in Wales’
‘Instead they should be focussing on the over-55s who could decide the result of the next election, expected in May.’
10.Place the focus on (an element of a sentence).
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