词汇精选：condense的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

v.

（使）冷凝，凝结 [I,T]

例句：

Water vapors can condense to form clouds.

水蒸汽能凝结成云。

例句：

Huge quantities of steam may be erupted and then condense.

大量水气会喷发出来，然后冷凝成雨。

（使）浓缩，压缩，精简 [I,T]

例句：

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

这篇文章太过冗长， 要简缩一下。

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浓缩。

二、词义辨析：

condense,compress,contract,shrink

这些动词均含“收缩，压缩”之意。condense指将东西压缩得更紧密、紧凑，但不失去原有的内容。compress指把乱而不成形的东西压成一定形状。contract主要指以内、外部力量进行紧缩，也可用作引申。shrink侧重指因收缩而达不到原有的长度、体积或容积。

三、参考例句：

Condense your main message.

浓缩你的演讲主题。

Water vapors can condense to form clouds.

水蒸汽能凝结成云。

Condense this paragraph into a few sentences.

把这段文字简缩成几个句子。

Condense this story into a few sentences.

把该故事压缩成几个句子｡

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

这篇文章太过冗长， 要简缩一下。

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

这篇文章太过冗长， 要简缩一下。

Once you've done that, then condense it.

一旦初稿完成，就要浓缩它。

Can you condense this paragraph into a few sentences?

你能把这段话压缩成几个句子吗？

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

我试图把十页长的评论文章缩短成两页.

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

原子继续在太空里漂移，冷却压缩成尘埃颗粒。