con·cern /kənsɜrn/ ( concerns, concerning, concerned ) CET4

• N-UNCOUNT Concern is worry about a situation. 担忧

  例: The group has expressed concern about reports of political violence in Africa.

  该集团已对有关非洲政治暴力的报道表示担忧。

  例: The move follows growing public concern over the spread of the disease.

  该行动是针对公众日益增长的对该疾病传播的担忧而采取的。

• V-T If something concerns you, it worries you. 使担忧 [no cont]

  例: The growing number of people seeking refuge in Thailand is beginning to concern Western aid agencies.

  日益增多的到泰国寻求避难的人数开始让西方援助机构感到担忧。

  con·cerned ADJ 感到担忧的

  例: Academics and employers are concerned that students are not sufficiently prepared for college courses.

  学术界和用人单位都担心学生们对大学课程没有做好足够准备。

• V-T If you concern yourself with something, you give it attention because you think that it is important. 关心

  例: I didn't concern myself with politics.

  我不关心政治。

  con·cerned ADJ 关心的 [v-link ADJ 'with' n]

  例: The agency is more concerned with making arty ads than understanding its clients' businesses.

  这家代理商更关心制作附庸风雅的广告而不是理解其客户的生意。

• V-T If something such as a book or a piece of information concerns a particular subject, it is about that subject. 有关于 [no cont]

  例: The bulk of the book concerns Sandy's two middle-aged children.

  这本书的主要部分讲的是桑迪的两个中年孩子。

  con·cerned ADJ 有关于…的 [v-link ADJ 'with' n]

  例: Randolph's work was exclusively concerned with the effects of pollution on health.

  伦道夫的作品全部讲的是污染对健康的影响。

• V-T If a situation, event, or activity concerns you, it affects or involves you. (情况、事件、活动等) 与…有关 [no cont]

  例: It was just a little unfinished business from my past, and it doesn't concern you at all.

  这只是我过去没有了结的一件小事，完全跟你没关。

  con·cerned ADJ 有关的 [n ADJ, v-link ADJ 'in/with' n]

  例: It's a very stressful situation for everyone concerned.

  这对所有相关人员来说都是一个非常有压力的情况。

• N-COUNT A concern is a fact or situation that worries you. 令人担忧的事

  例: His concern was that people would know that he was responsible.

  他担忧的是人们会知道他应该负责任。

• N-COUNT You can refer to a company or business as a concern, usually when you are describing what type of company or business it is. 公司; 生意 [BUSINESS] [FORMAL]

  例: If not a large concern, the Potomac Nursery was at least a successful one.

  虽不是一个大生意，波托马克幼儿园至少是一个成功的公司。

• N-VAR Concern for someone is a feeling that you want them to be happy, safe, and well. If you do something out of concern for someone, you do it because you want them to be happy, safe, and well. 关心

  例: Without her care and concern, he had no chance at all.

  没有她的照顾和关心，他根本就没有机会。

• N-SING If a situation or problem is your concern, it is something that you have a duty or responsibility to be involved with. 负责任的事

  例: The technical aspects were the concern of the Army.

  技术方面是军方负责的事。

• PHRASE If a company is a going concern, it is actually doing business, rather than having stopped trading or not yet having started trading. 在运营的公司 [BUSINESS]

  例: The receivers will always prefer to sell a business as a going concern.

  接管人总是更希望出售仍然在运营的公司。