condense學測 L6KK [kəˈndɛns] ｜ /kəˈndɛns/
凝結；使氣體液化·濃縮；精簡內容
自然科學課文常見動詞
As the kettle boils, steam hits the cold window and condenses into small water drops.
當水壺內的水滾沸，蒸氣碰到冰冷的窗戶，凝結成小水珠。
一個畫面：縮成一滴精華
遇冷凝結水氣接觸冷的表面，變成液態水珠
壓縮變濃體積變小、濃度變高，變得緊密
篇幅精簡把冗長的內容濃縮成重點
義項
蒸氣凝結B2verb凝結；使氣體液化
When warm steam touches a cold window, it condenses into small drops of water.
當溫熱的蒸氣碰到冰冷的窗戶時，會凝結成小水珠。
condense into watercondense on glass
內容瘦身B2verb濃縮；精簡內容
The speaker had only ten minutes, so she had to condense her speech and cut out some parts.
講者只有十分鐘，所以必須濃縮講稿，刪掉一些內容。
condense a speechcondense a report
片語
condensed milk煉乳罐頭 →濃縮牛奶製成的煉乳
condense into凝結成珠 →氣體凝結成液體
condense down濃縮精簡 →把內容濃縮精簡
你會不會這樣說？
She had to ___ her long report into three pages. 應該選哪個？(A) condense (B) concentrate
看答案
(A)
condense 是壓縮精簡；concentrate 是專注或增濃。
'The speaker had to condense her speech and cut out some parts.' 這裡的 condense 最接近哪個意思？(A) 使氣體變成液體 (B) 精簡濃縮內容
看答案
(B)
此句在講濃縮講稿內容，對應精簡義而非氣體液化。
字族
condensation 凝結；凝結物・condensed 濃縮的；精簡的