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condense

UK //kənˈdens//US //kənˈdens//

词源

源自拉丁语 'condensare',由 'con-'(完全)和 'densus'(密集的)组成,15世纪进入英语。

verb

❶ 使气体或蒸汽变成液体,通常通过冷却或压缩。常用于描述水蒸气凝结成水滴的过程。

“The cold glass caused the water vapor to condense into droplets.”

(冰冷的玻璃使水蒸气凝结成小水滴。)

“Steam condenses on the bathroom mirror after a hot shower.”

(热水淋浴后,蒸汽会在浴室镜子上凝结。)

❶ 将信息或内容压缩成更简短的形式,去除不必要的内容。常用于写作或演讲中。

“She condensed her 20-page report into a 2-page summary.”

(她把20页的报告浓缩成2页的摘要。)

“The editor asked me to condense the article by removing redundant examples.”

(编辑要求我通过删除冗余的例子来压缩文章。)

同义词:compress, concentrate, shorten, abridge, reduce

常见短语

condense into — 将某物压缩或浓缩成另一种形式,通常指将气体变成液体或将长篇内容缩短。

“The cloud of gas slowly condensed into a liquid.”

(气体云慢慢凝结成液体。)

condensed version — 经过压缩或精简后的版本,通常指缩短的文章、报告或其他内容。

“I only had time to read the condensed version of the novel.”

(我只有时间读小说的精简版。)