When people make a concerted effort, they do not each pull their own way. They plan together, they keep at it, and they push in the same direction on purpose.

When people make a concerted effort當大家做出concerted effort的時候, they do not each pull their own way不會各拉各的方向。They plan together他們一起計畫, they keep at it堅持下去, and they push in the same direction on purpose並刻意朝同一個方向使力。

You meet the word most in writing and in the news: a concerted campaign, concerted action, a concerted attack. It is not a lazy “we all kind of tried.” The effort is organised, and it is determined. The feel is a little formal; in everyday talk a student would more often say “we all tried together” or “we really went at it as a team.” People stretch it a little, too: one school or one company can make a “concerted effort,” meaning they organised themselves carefully, not that two countries sat down at a table.

You meet the word most in writing and in the news你最常在文章和新聞裡遇到這個字: a concerted campaign, concerted action, a concerted attack像a concerted campaign、concerted action、a concerted attack。It is not a lazy “we all kind of tried.”它不是隨便說說的「大家都算是有試試看」. The effort is organised, and it is determined這種努力是有組織、也很堅定的。The feel is a little formal語氣上有點正式; in everyday talk a student would more often say “we all tried together” or “we really went at it as a team.”日常對話裡學生比較常說「we all tried together」或「we really went at it as a team」。People stretch it a little, too大家有時候也會把這個字用得比較寬鬆: one school or one company can make a “concerted effort,” meaning they organised themselves carefully, not that two countries sat down at a table一間學校或一家公司也可以做出「concerted effort」，意思是他們有仔細組織自己，不一定要是兩個國家坐下來談判。

Though actually, it is not about a music concert, even though it looks like one. It sits on an older verb concert, “to plan something together,” and on the phrase in concert, “acting as one.” Musicians do still use concerted in a narrower way: concerted music is written for several players or voices working as a group, not for one person alone.

Though actually不過話說回來, it is not about a music concert, even though it looks like one它跟音樂會（concert）沒有關係，雖然拼法看起來很像。It sits on an older verb concert它源自一個比較古老的動詞concert, “to plan something together,”意思是「一起計畫某件事」, and on the phrase in concert以及片語in concert, “acting as one.”意思是「一起行動」。Musicians do still use concerted in a narrower way音樂家其實還是會用concerted這個比較狹義的說法: concerted music is written for several players or voices working as a group, not for one person aloneconcerted music指的是寫給好幾個演奏者或聲部一起合作的音樂，不是給一個人單獨演奏的。

That use is specialist. For most readers the “planned together, and hard” sense is the one that will turn up.

That use is specialist這種用法比較專業。For most readers對大多數讀者來說 the “planned together, and hard” sense is the one that will turn up會遇到的是「一起計畫、而且很努力」這個意思。