focus
verb
noun
ˈfəʊkəs verb
1
GIVE ATTENTION TO STH
给予某物关注
to give special attention to one particular person or thing, or to make people do this (把…)集中(于) I,T
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He needs to focus more on his career.
他需要更加关注自己的事业。
focus your attention/mind/efforts on sth
She tried to focus her mind on her work.
她试图集中思想干活。
focus (sb’s) mind/attention (on sth) (make people give their attention to something) 集中(某人的)注意力(于某物上)
We need to focus public attention on this issue.
我们需要把公众的注意力集中到这个问题上来。
2
CAMERA/TELESCOPE
照相机/望远镜
to point a camera or TELESCOPE at something, and change the controls slightly so that you can see that thing clearly 对准…调焦/调节…的焦距 I,T
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She turned the camera and focussed on Martin’s face.
她转过镜头对准马丁的脸。
focus sth on sth
He focused his binoculars on the building opposite.
他把双筒望远镜对准对面的建筑物。
3
EYES
眼睛
if your eyes focus, or if you focus your eyes, you look at something and can see it clearly (把)〔眼睛〕对准,使聚焦 I,T
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All eyes focussed on her.
所有的眼睛都盯着她。
His eyes were focussed straight ahead.
他的双眼直愣愣地盯着前方。
4
LIGHT
光
if you focus beams of light, you aim them onto a particular place 使聚焦; 使集中 T
noun
5 the thing, person, situation etc that people pay special attention to 焦点,重点 singular 单数
6 if your focus is on something, that is the thing you are giving most attention to 〔注意力的〕集中点,中心点 U
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Our main focus is on helping people get back into work.
我们的重点是帮助人们再就业。
a shift of focus
重心的转移
7
come into focus/bring sth into focus
if something comes into focus, or you bring it into focus, people start to talk about it and pay attention to it 成为焦点/使某事成为焦点
These issues have recently come into sharp focus (=people have started to talk about them a lot) .
这些问题近来已成了热门的焦点。
8
in focus/out of focus
if a photograph or an instrument such as a camera is in focus, you can see the picture clearly. If it is out of focus, you cannot see the picture clearly. 〔照片或相机等〕焦点对准/没有对准,对焦/失焦
9 the clearness of the picture seen through an instrument such as a camera 〔相机等成像的〕清晰度,焦点 U
He raised his binoculars and adjusted the focus.
他举起望远镜,调整焦距。