1special interest/attention興趣;注意ADJECTIVE | VERB + FOCUS | FOCUS + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤central, main, major, primary, prime, principal, real中心點;主要焦點;重要之處;首要點;基本點;最主要之處;真正的焦點▸➤important, special重要的/特殊的焦點➤particular, specific特別的/具體的焦點▸➤greater, increased更為關注的焦點➤new, renewed新的/重新關注的焦點▸➤clear, intense, sharp, strong清楚的/備受關注的/清晰的/受到強烈關注的焦點◇The restructuring is designed to give a sharper focus on key markets.重組旨在更加注重發展各主要市場。➤narrow, tight狹隘的中心◇I found the focus of the debate too narrow.我發現這個辯論的中心過於狹隘。➤broad廣泛的中心➤exclusive, single, sole獨一無二的/唯一的/單一的焦點➤single-minded專一的焦點➤media媒體的焦點◇The media focus has now shifted onto something else.媒體的焦點現已轉到別的事情上了。➤mental心理焦點VERB + FOCUS➤act as, become, remain, serve as充當/成為/仍然是/作為焦點◇Cities have always acted as the principal focus of political life.城市總是擔當着政治生活的主要焦點。➤give sb/sth, provide (sb/sth with)使⋯注意;(為⋯)提供焦點➤have有中心◇The problem with your plan is that it doesn't have a clear focus.你的計劃存在的問題是沒有一個明確的中心。➤keep, maintain保持/維持焦點▸➤change, move, shift, switch改變/移動/轉移/轉換焦點◇The legal team tried to shift the focus onto the victim.法務小組盡力使焦點轉移到受害者身上。➤narrow, sharpen縮小焦點;使焦點清晰➤broaden, expand擴大焦點➤lose失去焦點➤lack缺乏中心▸➤bring sth into使⋯成為中心◇This case has brought the problem of drug abuse in schools into sharp focus.這個案件使得校園毒品問題成為高度關注的焦點。➤come into成為焦點◇The question of compensation comes into focus.賠償問題成了焦點。➤direct, place, put, turn將焦點轉向⋯;將焦點放在⋯;轉移焦點◇I've directed my focus towards / toward developing my skills.我已將重點轉到培養技能上去了。FOCUS + VERB➤be on sb/sth, remain on sb/sth焦點在於⋯;焦點仍然在⋯上◇Our primary focus this term will be on group work.這學期我們的重點是小組學習活動。➤shift, turn to sth焦點轉移/轉向⋯◇The focus has now shifted towards / toward the problem of long-term unemployment.現在焦點已轉移到了長期失業的問題上。PREPOSITION➤focus for⋯的集中點◇She became a focus for all his anger.她成了他全部怒氣的傾瀉對象。➤focus of⋯的焦點◇the focus of my research我研究的焦點➤focus on對⋯的關注◇an increased focus on younger people對年輕人越來越多的關注PHRASES➤a change of focus, a shift of focus焦點的改變/轉移▸➤the focus of attention關注的焦點◇He found he was now their main focus of attention.他發現自己現在是他們注意的焦點。focus
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2point/distance at which sth is clearly seen焦點;焦距ADJECTIVE | VERB + FOCUS | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤sharp清晰的聚焦點▸➤soft軟焦點◇soft-focus shots of baby animals以軟焦點拍的動物幼崽VERB + FOCUS➤come into變得清晰◇When I got glasses suddenly the whole world came into focus.我一戴上眼鏡,整個世界忽然變得很清晰。PREPOSITION➤in focus焦點對準◇The binoculars were not in focus.雙筒望遠鏡的焦距沒有調好。➤out of focus焦點未對準◇The children's faces are out of focus in the photograph.照片中孩子們的臉照得很模糊。focus
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1give attention to sth關注ADVERB | VERB + FOCUS | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤especially, heavily, largely, mainly, mostly, particularly, primarily, principally尤其/非常/很大程度上/主要/格外/特別/突出/首要關注▸➤completely, entirely, exclusively, only, solely, totally只關注◇The study focuses exclusively on schools.這項研究只關注學校。➤increasingly日趨關注▸➤fully全身心地關注▸➤firmly密切關注◇The attention of the news media was firmly focused on the elections.新聞媒體密切關注着選舉。➤specifically專門關注▸➤clearly明顯關注▸➤directly直接關注▸➤closely, intensely, sharply密切/嚴重/高度關注▸➤narrowly狹隘地關注▸➤initially剛開始時關注VERB + FOCUS➤need to需要集中▸➤try to試圖集中▸➤decide to決定集中▸➤tend to趨於集中▸➤help (to)有助於集中◇Think of some questions that will help focus the discussion.想出一些問題使討論的主題更突出。PREPOSITION➤on, upon集中注意力於⋯◇We need to focus upon the main issues.我們需要把注意力集中在那些主要問題上。PHRASES➤highly focused, tightly focused高度集中◇The department undertakes highly focused research.這個部門從事最專門的研究。➤narrowly focused關注範圍狹隘◇The study was criticized for being too narrowly focused.這一研究因關注範圍過於狹隘而遭到批評。focus
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2adjust your eyes注視ADVERB | VERB + FOCUS | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤hard, intently密切/熱切注視▸➤automatically不由自主地注視VERB + FOCUS➤try to試圖集中視線◇She blinked and tried to focus.她眨了眨眼睛試圖讓自己看清楚。PREPOSITION➤on, upon將視線集中於⋯◇The eye will automatically focus on the small group in the foreground.視線會自動集中到最引人注目的那個小群體上。