many people ( ) ST, ttit: There
is growing concern about
violence on television. ACI
H.MlHlMo
0 She
hasn’t been seen for four days and there is concern for her safety. M
0 0 The
report
expressed concern over
continuing high unemployment.
0 There is widespread
concern that new houses will be built on protected land. 0
Stress at work is a matter of concern to staff and
management. XfFffiA —X it M MIf®AMM
0 0 The
President’s health was giving serious cause for concern. M <i 0 IE X
& £ A if} X fi AtU 0 0 In
the meeting, voters raised concerns about health care.
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UNCONCERN
►
DESIRE TO PROTECT X 2 [U] a desire to
protect
and help sb/sth AM; AX: parents’
concern for their children MMAM
►
STH IMPORTANT X 'f g ; 3 [C] something that
is
important to a person, an
organization, etc. ( )?f A, 10.
♦
If: What are your main concerns as a writer? 0 The
government’s primary concern is to
reduce crime. il&JXM
►
RESPONSIBILITY ‘ 4 [C, usually sing.] (formal) something
that is your
responsibility or that you have a right to know about ( £A ) fiXMlX
XftftJitMIA This matter is their concern. 0T
money I make is none of
your concern.
►
COMPANY A wl 5 [C] a company or
business X ^];
X;
Xik Hn FIRM: a major
publishing concern — M
a
IT5TO1 see going adj.
con cerned On /
1
~ (about/for sth) | ~ (that ... ) worried
and feeling concern about sth jg-XM-; tt Jit M: Concerned parents held a
meeting, ftX‘M»MMAfl JFT —
/A A 0 o The President is deeply concerned about this issue.
0
He didn’t seem in the least concerned for her safety, X M £ ± ffe
iU T—/?, US X jfiX o 0 She was concerned that she might miss the
turning and get lost, iftfix @ o
note at
worried 2 ~ (about/with
sth) interested in sth iXA® M; AXJ M; A ft M: They were more
concerned with how the other women had dressed than in what the speaker was
saying, M M 43 AM XfftT#} 1±A_A W 033 unconcerned IW see
far adv.
con cern ing 0-w /kSh'&inir); NAmE -‘S3:rn-/ prep, (formal)
about sth; involving sb/sth
AX;
R : He asked several questions concerning the future of the company. WIT
/l T XA A Tftu it W1 rJ
H c O All cases concerning children are dealt with in a special
children’s court, fyfff
COn-Cert 0-w/'kDnsat; NAmE'kainsart/ noun a public performance
of music X X A ; X A : a concert of music by Bach G # ft hr X X A 0 a classical/ rock/pop
concert #.m/ WM /XXX X X 0
They’re in concert at Wembley Arena. flMH ft M X X W ff |f
ill G o 0 a concert hall/pianist
XX Jt; #EXX AX'iXX IftTTl in concert with
sb/sth (formal) working together
with sb/sth X'- XA ( J^XliA )
con-certante /.kDntja'taentei;
-ti; NAmE ,ka:n-/ adj. [only
before noun] (music X) (from
Italian) related to a piece of
music which contains an important part for a solo
singer or player and which is similar to a concerto
in character
'concert band noun a large group of
people who play wind instruments together, and who perform in a concert hall
IfX® — compare military band
con-cert-ed /
approach/attack/campaign KAXtX;
o She has begun to make
a concerted effort to
find a job.
'concert-goer noun a person who regularly
goes to concerts, especially of classical
music # A’ViXX'AM
A
(s#3B¥r*AX*# )
.concert
'grand noun a piano of the largest
size, used especially for concerts, XXXAIK^
con-certina/.knnsa'tiina; NAmE ,ka:nsar't-/ noun, verb mnoun a musical instrument
like a small accordion, that you
hold in both hands. You press the ends together and pull them apart to produce
sounds. A#] — picture o accordion
■
verb (con-cer-tina-mg, con-cer-tinaed,
con-cer-tinaed) [V] (BrE) to fold up like a
concertina ( # A# T ~ # )
iff ® , iff *!t : The
truck crashed into the tree and concertinaed. X X X fit JwTo
con
cert-master /'kDns0tma:sta(r); NAmE 'kainsart- maes-/ noun (especially NAmE) = leader(3) con certo /
Xffi
'concert party noun a group of performers
who do a concert or show together ( jAX A ) M •
con
ces sion /kan'sejn/
noun 1 [C, u] something that you
allow or do, or allow sb to have, in order to end an argument or to make a
situation less difficult 3c
}j} : The firm will be
forced to make concessions if it wants to avoid a strike. ATi, AXXTXTff
G—0
to win a concession from sb JfXif ^AM it# 0 a major/an important concession
M AMik/^ o She made no concession to his age; she expected him to work
as hard as she did.
WMJ] o — see also concede(2) 2 [U] the act of giving sth
or allowing sth; the act of conceding .XiZ;
in f- ; if- SJ; itjp : the concession of university status to some
colleges f\^ A# M X 0
(especially NAmE) Kerry’s concession
speech (=
when he admitted that he had lost the election) XM/RiAiai&A
3 [C, usually pi.] (BrE) a reduction in an
amount of money that has to be paid; a ticket that is sold at a reduced price
to a particular group of people M ffr;
(Tf
SE ^ A M ) M ff M :
tax concessions i]k M A 0 Tickets are £3; there is a £1 concession for
students. Miff ^3 3;i f , l'lio 0 Adults £2.50,
concessions £2, family £5 M M iff ft ^'J
2.50 2 5 4 [C] a right or an advan
tage that is given to a
group of people, an organization, etc., especially by a government or an
employer ( ftfm Ehiit)S:
TheBolivian government has granted logging concessions covering 22 million
hectares. & fij mMlkJft «T£2 200 7jA$ ± ® ± M A # if U c
5 [C] the right to sell sth in a particular place; the place where you sell it,
sometimes an area which is part of a larger building or store ( X
( XN-AASmmt/^fMXM )
U
con
cession aire /kan.seja'neafc);
NAmE -'ner/ noun (especially BrE) a person or a business
that has been given a concession to sell sth (
con-ces-sion-ary /kan'sejanari; NAmE -neri/ adj.
[usually before noun] (BrE) costing less money for
people in particular situations; given as a concession^)
( fE FfcSM; MXM: concessionary rates/fares/travel {/ Miff / Mff con-ces-sive/kan'sesiv/ adj. (grammar X*) (of a preposition or
conjunction ff iW| WL i^I) used at the beginning of a
clause to say that the action of the main clause is in fact true or possible,
despite the situation. ‘Despite’ and ‘although’ are concessive words. ^ X ih
XM
conch /knntj; NAmE kaintJV noun the shell of a sea
creature which is also called a conch