foci

focus /'fǝƱkǝs / n (pl focuses or foci / 'fǝƱsaÇ / )

❍ PLURAL
၁။ [U,C usu sing ] ~ (for / on sth ) ဗဟို၊ အချက်အချာ။ အာရုံစိုက်ရာ။ provide a focus for political protest ❍ an intellectual focus ❍ a change shift of focus ❍ Her beauty makes her the focus of attention. ❍ In tonight's programme our focus is on Germany. ❍ The primary school acts as a focus for village life.
၂။ [C] ဆုံချက်။
၃။ [U, C] (ပြတ်သားသော၊ ဝါးသော) ဆုံချက်။ The children's faces are badly out of focus
(ie not clearly defined) in the photograph. ❍ Don't take the picture until you've got us all in focus. ❍ (fig ) Let's try to bring the problem into focus (ie define it clearly).
၄။ [C] ဆုံချက် အချိန်အဆ။ The focus on my camera is faulty.
v (-s- or -ss- )
၁။ ~ (sth) (on sb/sth ) အာရုံစိုက်သည်။ အာရုံ ရောက်သည်။ စူးစိုက်သည်။ focus one's anger
❍ The proposals need to be better focused.
❍ I'm so tired I can't focus (on anything) today.
❍ Researchers have focused on the short-term effects. ❍ Suspicion focused on the company chairman. ❍ The conference focused attention on the risk of fire. ❍ Please focus your minds on the following problem.
၂။ (က) စူးစိုက်ကြည့်သည်။ အာရုံရောက်သည်။ His eyes focused slowly in the dark room. မှောင်မည်းနေသော အခန်းတွင် တဖြည်းဖြည်းမှ သူ့မျက်စိ ကျင့်သားရလာသည်။
(ခ) ~ sth (on sth ) (မှန်ပြောင်း၊ ကင်မရာ စသည်) ဆုံချက် ချိန်သည်။ Focus your camera (on those trees). (ဂ) ~ sth (on sth) ဆုံချက်ချိန်သည်။ If you focus the sun's rays through a magnifying glass on a dry leaf, it will start to burn.
❏ focused adj အာရုံစူးစိုက်သော။
(အမြင်၊ ရည်မှန်းချက် စသည်) ပြတ်သားသော။ highly focused ambitions ❍ a more focused approach / outlook / interest.