强调“主动分配/聚焦自身努力到特定目标”,比简单的“concentrate on”(专注于)更突出“努力的针对性”。
主语 + concentrate + 形容词性物主代词(my/his/her/our/their等) + effort(s) + on + 宾语(名词/代词/动名词)
注:effort可单可复,复数“efforts”更强调“多方努力”。
接名词:She concentrated her effort on her career (她把精力集中在事业上)。
接代词:We should concentrate our efforts on this task (我们应把努力放在这项任务上)。
接动名词(关键!):He concentrated his effort on learning French (他全力以赴学法语)。
可将“effort”换成同类名词,表达类似逻辑:
concentrate one's energy on(集中精力于……)
concentrate one's attention on(集中注意力于……)
Efforts were concentrated on solving the problem (努力被集中用于解决问题)。
介词搭配:“on”不可省略,且后面接动名词(doing),不能接动词原形(如不能说“concentrate my effort on study”,需改为“studying”)。
语境差异:对比“concentrate on”(泛泛的“专注”),“concentrate one's effort on”更强调“主动投入努力”(如“我专注于看书”是“I concentrate on reading”,“我把全部努力投入看书”是“I concentrate my effort on reading”)。
1、 The team concentrated all their efforts on winning the championship (球队全力以赴争夺冠军)。
2、 I need to concentrate my effort on improving my writing skills (我得把精力放在提升写作技巧上)。
3、 The government concentrated its effort on reducing poverty (政府将努力集中在减贫上)。
总结:这个短语是“定向投入努力”的精准表达,适用于强调“目标明确、全力以赴”的场景~