詞彙精選：condense的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

v.

（使）冷凝，凝結 [I,T]

例句：

Water vapors can condense to form clouds.

水蒸汽能凝結成雲。

例句：

Huge quantities of steam may be erupted and then condense.

大量水氣會噴發出來，然後冷凝成雨。

（使）濃縮，壓縮，精簡 [I,T]

例句：

The essay is too wordy you'd better condense it.

這篇文章太過冗長， 要簡縮一下。

例句：

You can condense milk by boiling away much of the water in it.

煮去牛奶中大部分的水分可使它濃縮。

二、詞義辨析：

condense,compress,contract,shrink

這些動詞均含“收縮，壓縮”之意。condense指將東西壓縮得更緊密、緊湊，但不失去原有的內容。compress指把亂而不成形的東西壓成一定形狀。contract主要指以內、外部力量進行緊縮，也可用作引申。shrink側重指因收縮而達不到原有的長度、體積或容積。

三、參考例句：

Condense your main message.

濃縮你的演講主題。

Water vapors can condense to form clouds.

水蒸汽能凝結成雲。

Condense this paragraph into a few sentences.

把這段文字簡縮成幾個句子。

Condense this story into a few sentences.

把該故事壓縮成幾個句子｡

The essay is too wordy you'd better condense it.

這篇文章太過冗長， 要簡縮一下。

The essay is too wordy. You'd better condense it.

這篇文章太過冗長， 要簡縮一下。

Once you've done that, then condense it.

一旦初稿完成，就要濃縮它。

Can you condense this paragraph into a few sentences?

你能把這段話壓縮成幾個句子嗎？

I've tried to condense ten pages of comments into two.

我試圖把十頁長的評論文章縮短成兩頁.

The atoms cool and condense into dust grains, as they continue to drift through space.

原子繼續在太空裏漂移，冷卻壓縮成塵埃顆粒。