You can picture concentration as everything being pulled in toward one single center point. Scattered things — grains, people, your attention, particles in water — get drawn together and packed tight at one spot instead of spread out. Whether it's a crowd, a chemical, or your mind, the same move is happening: gather it all to the middle.
From the word’s history
From con- (together) + centrum (center): to bring things to a common center. Every modern sense keeps that image of gathering toward one point; the 'focus the mind' sense (1860s) is that same move applied to your mental powers.
來自 con-（一起）＋ centrum（中心）：把東西帶到同一個中心。所有現代意思都保留這個「往一點聚攏」的畫面；「專心」這個意思（十九世紀才出現）就是把同一個動作用在你的心神上——把心力全收到一個點。
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原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
concentrationnoun/ˌkɒn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/
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The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.
- The Koreans Almost all the Koreans in China live in the north-eastern provinces. The greatest concentration is found in an area of approximately 1,200 square miles in Kirin Province, an area which is part of the Yen-pien Korean Autonomous Chou.
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The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.
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The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.
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The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.
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A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.
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The proportion of a substance in a whole.
- The Koreans Almost all the Koreans in China live in the north-eastern provinces. The greatest concentration is found in an area of approximately 1,200 square miles in Kirin Province, an area which is part of the Yen-pien Korean Autonomous Chou.
- Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.
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chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesThe proportion of a substance in a whole.
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The matching game pelmanism.
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