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[英] [ˈsentə] [美] [ˈsɛntɚ] 生词本

n.

vt.& vi.

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in AM, use 美国英语用 center
1. N-COUNT (会议、活动、服务等的)中心 A centre is a building where people have meetings, take part in a particular activity, or get help of some kind. 

  • We went to a party at the leisure centre...

    我们去休闲中心参加一个聚会。

  • She now also does pottery classes at a community centre.

    她现在还在社区中心上陶艺课。

  • ...the National Exhibition Centre.

    国家展览中心

2. N-COUNT (工业、活动等的)中心 If an area or town is a centre for an industry or activity, that industry or activity is very important there. 

  • London is also the major international insurance centre.

    伦敦也是重要的国际保险中心。

3. N-COUNT 中心;中央;中部 The centre of something is the middle of it. 

  • A large wooden table dominates the centre of the room...

    一张大木桌摆在房间正中央。

  • Bake until light golden and crisp around the edges and slightly soft in the centre.

    烤至边缘浅黄松脆，中间略软。

4. N-COUNT (市镇的)商业中心，闹市区，繁华地带 The centre of a town or city is the part where there are the most shops and businesses and where a lot of people come from other areas to work or shop. 

  • ...the city centre.

    市中心

5. N-COUNT 中心;核心 If something or someone is at the centre of a situation, they are the most important thing or person involved. 

  • ...the man at the centre of the controversy...

    处于争论焦点的人

  • At the centre of the inquiry has been concern for the pensioners involved.

    调查的核心一直是对于牵涉其中的领取养老金者的关注。

6. N-COUNT (关注的)中心，焦点;中心人物 If someone or something is the centre of attention or interest, people are giving them a lot of attention. 

  • The rest of the cast was used to her being the centre of attention...

    她总是人们关注的焦点，其他演职人员对此已经习以为常。

  • The centre of attraction was Pierre Auguste Renoir's oil painting.

    最吸引人注意的是皮埃尔·奥古斯特·雷诺阿的油画。

7. N-SING (政党)中间派，中立派 In politics, the centre refers to groups and their beliefs, when they are considered to be neither left-wing nor right-wing. 

  • The Democrats have become a party of the centre.

    民主党成了中立的党派。

  • ...the centre parties.

    中间党派

8. VERB 将…放在正中央 If you centre something, you move it so that it is at the centre of something else. 

  • Centre the design on the cloth before you start.

    在开始前，将图案放在布的正中间。

9. V-ERG （使）以…为中心;（使）注意力集中于 If something centres or is centred on a particular thing or person, that thing or person is the main subject of attention. 

  • ...a plan which centred on academic achievement and personal motivation...

    重点强调学术成就和个人兴趣的计划

  • All his concerns were centred around himself rather than Rachel...

    他所关心的全是他自己，而不是雷切尔。

  • When working with patients, my efforts are centred on helping them to overcome illness.

    在治疗过程中，我的主要精力是帮助病人战胜疾病。

-centred

  • ...a child-centred approach to teaching.

    以孩子为中心的教学方法

  • ...patient-centred care.

    以病人为本的护理

10. V-ERG (使)主要发生在；（使）集中于 If an industry or event is centred in a place, or if it centres there, it takes place to the greatest extent there. 

  • The fighting has been centred around the town of Vucovar...

    战斗主要集中在武科瓦尔镇周围。

  • The disturbances have centred round the two main university areas...

    骚乱主要发生在两所大学附近的区域。

  • Between 100 and 150 travellers' vehicles were scattered around the county, with the largest gathering centred on Ampfield.

    大约100到150辆旅游车分散在这个县里，其中数量最多的一拨集中在安帕菲尔德。

11. See also: community centre; detention centre; garden centre; health centre; job centre; left-of-centre; nerve centre; reception centre; remand centre; right-of-centre; shopping centre;  
Noun

1. an area that is approximately central within some larger region;

  • "it is in the center of town"
  • "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"
  • "they were in the eye of the storm"

2. a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

3. a place where some particular activity is concentrated;

  • "they received messages from several centers"

4. the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering

5. a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process;

  • "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"

6. a building dedicated to a particular activity;

  • "they were raising money to build a new center for research"
Verb

1. move into the center;

  • "That vase in the picture is not centered"

2. direct one's attention on something;

  • "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"

医学

  • 1.①中心，中央；②中枢。同center

计算机

  • 1.中心，中央，定心[CTR]
1. A terrorist bomb ripped through the town's packed shopping centre.
恐怖分子的炸弹穿过镇上人头攒动的购物中心。

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2. Amy is always the centre of attraction at parties.
艾米总是聚会上的中心人物。

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3. Anything that is dropped falls towards the centre of the earth because of the pull of gravity.
物体脱手即向地心方向跌落是由于重力吸引的缘故。

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4. At the centre of the lake, there is a pavilion.
湖心有一座亭子。

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5. At the centre of the park there is a fountain.
公园正中有一个喷泉。

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6. Attempts to restrict parking in the city centre have further aggravated the problem of traffic congestion.
在城市中心限制停车的尝试使阻塞的问题更加严重。

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7. Europe's economic centre of gravity shifted northward.
欧洲的经济重心向北移了。

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8. Europe's economic centre of gravity shifted northwards.
欧洲的经济重心向北移了。

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9. Finding your way to the shopping centre is easy as simple.
你很容易就能找到那家购物中心。

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10. He felt acutely embarrassed at being the centre of attention.
成为大家注意的焦点使他感到非常不自然。

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11. He is the centre of this event.
他是这次事件的核心人物。

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12. He plays centre forward.
他踢中锋。

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13. He said that it would be possible to build a platform in the centre of the Channel.
他说在英吉利海峡的中心处建造一个站台将是可能的。

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14. Hong Kong rates as the biggest trade centre in Asia.
香港被认为是亚洲最大的贸易中心。

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15. If we take the bypass we'll avoid the town centre.
我们走旁道就能绕过镇中心。

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16. London is a financial centre.
伦敦是个金融中心。

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17. Many attended the opening of the new sports centre.
很多人参加了新体育中心的开始使用典礼。

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18. Now that they've decided to build a shopping centre, nearly a hundred local people are going to be booked out of their homes.
既然他们现在已经决定要建立一个购物中心，那么将近100名当地的居民就要被赶出自己的家园。

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19. Our discussion today will centre on technical innovation.; We'll focus our discussion today on technical innovation.
今天重点讨论技术革新问题。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

20. Our new cultural centre will be located here.
我们新的文化中心将设在这里。

来自《简明英汉词典》