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