🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

狭い焦点

Pronunciation / Transliteration: semai shōten

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Narrow-Focus/ˈnæroʊ ˈfoʊkəs/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼女のプレゼンテーションでは、環境への影響に狭い焦点を当てました。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A specific type of attention or emphasis directed towards a limited aspect of a subject or context.

    "In her presentation, she maintained a narrow-focus on the environmental impacts of urban development."
  2. 2

    In linguistics, a construction that highlights a particular element of a sentence while downplaying others.

    "The narrow-focus construction in the sentence emphasized the importance of the subject's actions."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'narrow-focus' combines 'narrow', derived from Old English 'nearwe', meaning 'tight or limited', and 'focus', from Latin 'focus', meaning 'hearth or center'. The phrase evolved in the context of linguistics and cognitive science to describe a specific type of attention or emphasis.

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🇫🇷French → English

Concentration étroite

Transliteration: kɔ̃sɑ̃tʁasjɔ̃ etʁot

"Dans sa présentation, elle a maintenu une concentration étroite sur les impacts environnementaux."

🇩🇪German → English

Enger Fokus

Transliteration: ˈɛŋɐ ˈfoːkʊs

"In ihrer Präsentation behielt sie einen engen Fokus auf die Umweltauswirkungen."

🇮🇹Italian → English

Focalizzazione ristretta

Transliteration: fokalitʃatˈtsjone riˈstretːa

"Nella sua presentazione ha mantenuto una focalizzazione ristretta sugli impatti ambientali."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

Enfoque estrecho

Transliteration: enˈfoke esˈtɾe.tʃo

"En su presentación, mantuvo un enfoque estrecho en los impactos ambientales."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

Foco estreito

Transliteration: ˈfoku esˈtɾeitu

"Na sua apresentação, ela manteve um foco estreito nos impactos ambientais."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

संकीर्ण ध्यान

Transliteration: sankīrṇa dhyān

"उसने अपनी प्रस्तुति में संकीर्ण ध्यान पर्यावरणीय प्रभावों पर रखा।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

狭窄的焦点

Transliteration: xiázhǎi de jiāodiǎn

"在她的演讲中,她保持了对环境影响的狭窄的焦点。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

좁은 초점

Transliteration: jobeun chojeom

"그녀의 발표에서 환경 영향에 대한 좁은 초점을 유지했습니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

狭い焦点

Transliteration: semai shōten

"彼女のプレゼンテーションでは、環境への影響に狭い焦点を当てました。"

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