- concentrate one's attention (and energy) on; be absorbed; be all attention; concentrate one's mind on; direct one's energies to; gather one's wits; rivet [focus] one's attention on [upon]; very attentively; with breathless interest; (listen) with close attention [great concentration]; with rapt attention:
They are listening to the lecture with avid attention.
他们聚精会神地听讲演。