centre

英 ['sentə(r)] 美 ['sentər]

• n. 中心；集中点
• v. 居中；使集中
• =center<美>
• adj. 中心的；中央的

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]中心点,中心,中央

   point that is equally distant from all sides of sth; middle point or part of sth

2. [C]使人感兴趣的集中点

   point towards which people's interest is directed

3. [C]中枢

   place from which administration is organized

4. [C]活动集中的地方

   place that certain activities or facilities are concentrated

5. [S]中间立场,中间党派

   moderate political position or party

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 置于中央

   place in centre; pass to the centre

2. vt. & vi. 集中

   focus; fix

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 中心；圆心；中心点；正中
2. 中央，中枢
3. 中间派，中间党
4. 中心区
5. 人口集中的地区
6. 商业中心区，文化中心区
7. 活动中心
8. 居领先地位的中心
9. 聚集点
10. 【体】中锋
11. 核心
12. 中心人物

v. 动词

1. 把…放在中央，把…当作中心
2. 成为中心
3. 使活动等集中于…
4. 居中，集中
5. 把...集中，使聚集于一点，使集中
6. 有中心
7. 做中锋
8. 定...的中心
9. 矫正中心
10. center的主英拼法

adj. 形容词

1. 中心的
2. 中点的
3. 中央的
4. 位在正中的

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1. <英>=center

英英释义

Noun:

1. a low-lying region in central France

2. 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"
   

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

4. a place where some particular activity is concentrated;

   "they received messages from several centers"
   

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

6. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;

   "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"
   "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"
   "the nub of the story"
   

7. the object upon which interest and attention focuses;

   "his stories made him the center of the party"
   

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

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

9. 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"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. That new shopping centre is a real eyesore.
   那个新的购物中心真是难看极了。
2. The new library was built in the centre of the campus.
   新图书馆建在校园的中心。
3. Children like to be the centre of attention.
   儿童喜欢引人注意.

用作动词 (v.)

1. Please centre the subheads.
   小标题一律居中。
2. All our hopes centre on you now.
   我们的一切希望都集中在你身上。
3. Our thoughts centre upon one idea.
   我们的思想集中在一个主意上。
4. Our thoughts centre upon this important problem.
   我们的思想集中在这个重要问题上。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Pupils are the centre parts of one's eyes.
   瞳孔是人眼的中心部位。
2. The building stands cheek by jowl with the centre square.
   这幢建筑坐落在紧紧靠着中心广场的地方。
3. Only centre government has the power to mobilize the country's economic resources.
   只有中央政府才有权力调动国家的经济资源。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Point A is the centre of the circle.A
   点是圆心。
2. Bear left when you reach the church, and follow the road round till you come to the village centre.
   你到达教堂后左行,顺道转下去,一直走到村子中央。
3. The wheel revolved on its centre.
   轮子绕中心转动。
4. The meat plate must be put on the centre of the table.
   这盘肉要放在餐桌中央。
5. In the Middle Ages it was generally believed that the earth was the centre of the universe.
   在中世纪,人们普遍地认为地球是宇宙的中心。
6. At the centre of the park there is a fountain.
   公园的正中心有一个喷泉。
7. To avoid the city centre, turn right here.
   如果要避开市中心,请在这里向右拐弯。
8. The council today announced its bold new plans for the city centre.
   市议会今天宣布了大胆改造市中心的新计划。
9. Now that the highway is finished, the shopping centre should thrive.
   由于这条公路已经竣工,那个商业中心一定会兴隆起来。
10. Because of its position on a water route, the village soon became a river-traffic centre.
    由于处在水路位置,该村很快变成了河上交通中心。
11. Beijing is the political, economic and cultural centre of China.
    北京是中国的政治、经济和文化中心。
12. Paris is known as the fashion centre.
    巴黎以时装中心闻名。
13. The missiles are aimed at military targets, not at urban centres.
    导弹是瞄准军事目标而不是瞄准城市人口稠密居住区的。
14. He is the director of the research centre.
    他是研究中心的主任。
15. She made herself the centre of her universe.
    她使自己成了她那个小天地的中心人物。
16. He is the centre of this event.
    他是这次事件的核心人物。
17. The Great Wall is the centre of interest for foreign tourists.
    长城是外国游客们的兴趣中心。
18. Political parties often move to the centre just before an election.
    许多政党在大选前夕转向中间立场。
19. Are her views to the left or right of the centre?
    她的观点是中间偏左还是偏右?

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Most of the trade between the two countries centred at this port.
   两国间的贸易大部分集中在这个港口进行。
2. My interest in him chiefly centres in his quick mind.
   我对他的兴趣主要在于他思路敏捷。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. They centred the table.
   他们把桌子放在中央。
2. The market-square centres the village.
   村子的中央有个集市广场。
3. Jago centred the ball,and Abby got it and kicked it into the goal.
   杰戈把球传到中路,艾比接过来把它踢进了球门。
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4. The object glass of a telescope must be accurately centred.
   望远镜的物镜必须精确置于中心上。

其他

v -ed as Attrib.

1. At least 50 people were injured in the earthquake centred in eastern Venezuela.
   在以委内瑞拉东部为中心的这次地震中,至少有50人受伤。

经典引文

• This bed thy center is, these wals thy spheare.

  出自： fig.

• In reverie centred.

  出自： Goldsmith

• The necessity of well centring the object glass of a large telescope.

  出自： C. Hutton

• A plot of..grass centred by a basin.

  出自： K. Little

• My universe was still centred in my mother's fragrant person.

  出自： R. Church

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

around the centre

围绕…的中心 circling the centre

at the centre

在中心 in the middle of sth

centre of attention

惹眼的人; 注意力中心 sb/sth that holds most attention

front and centre

〈美俚〉快去吧 used as a command to a person to go to sb who wants him

in the centre of

在…的过程中 during the course of sth

off centre

偏离中心 not exactly in the middle

用作动词 (v.)

centre in( v.+prep. )

集中于…,集中在…上 have (sth) as its main point of interest and concern
centre in sth/v-ing
This novel centres in crime.

这部小说以犯罪活动为主题。
For some time all my interest has centred in their methods of agriculture.

有一段时期,我的全部兴趣集中在研究他们的耕作方法上。
His life's work centred in the search for a cure for the terrible disease.

他花了毕生的精力来研究治愈这种可怕的病。
All our interest centres in our family.

我们所有的兴趣都集中在家庭上。
His chief joy centred in carrying for the children.

他主要的乐趣集中在管教孩子们上。 centre sth in sb/sth
His whole mind, his whole being, was centred in revolution.

他的整个身心都放在了革命上。

centre on〔upon〕( v.+prep. )

重点在于…; 主要与…有关 have sth as most important point; be concerned with sth
centre on〔upon〕 sb/sth
The village centred on its market square.

村子中央是集市广场。 centre sth on〔upon〕 sth
We centred the mirror on the wall.

我们把镜子挂在墙的中央。 centre on〔upon〕 sth
The searchlights centred upon the enemy planes.

探照灯集中照着敌人的飞机。
Our thoughts centres upon one idea.

我们的想法集中在一个观点上。
His current work centres upon the study of methodology in teaching.

目前他的工作集中在研究教学法上。
The conversation centred on the radical changes taking place in Russia.

谈话集中在俄国正在发生的急剧变化上。 centre sth on〔upon〕 sth
He centred his attention on the problem.

他把注意力集中在这个问题上。
His whole mind was centred on the problem at hand.

他全神贯注在当前的问题上。
The action of the play is centred on the struggle between the two women.

那出戏的主要情节是两个女人之间的争斗。

centre out( v.+adv. )

把(某人)挑出来 choose (sb) among others, usually for punishment or special treatment
centre sb ⇔ out
The teacher scolded the child for bad behaviour, but the child then complained that she had been centred out.

老师责备那个孩子行为不端,但那个孩子接着就抱怨说她是替罪羊。

centre round〔around〕( v.+prep. )

集中于; 包围,围绕 have sth as most important point; surround (sb/sth)
centre round〔around〕 sth
The children always centre round the teacher at story time.

讲故事的时候孩子们总是围在老师的周围。
The action of the story centred around the French Revolution.

故事的情节围绕着法国大革命展开。
The discussion centres round the most important question.

讨论集中在最重要的问题上。
In November their work centred round levelling fields.

他们11月份的工作主要是平整土地。
The discussion centred round the problem whether they should carry on their experiment at the moment.

讨论集中在他们目前是否要继续进行试验这个问题上。 centre sth round〔around〕 sth
Do women centre their lives around the home now?

妇女们现在还围着家庭转吗?

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• become the centre 成为中心
• create a centre 创立中心
• form a centre 形成中心
• open a centre 开设中心
• step right into the centre of 径直来到…中间

形容词+～

• busy centre 繁忙的中心
• chief centres 主要中心地
• commercial centre 商业中心
• cultural centre 文化中心
• dead centre 正中心
• economic(al) centre 经济中心
• financial centre 金融中心
• industrial centre 工业中心
• medical centre 医疗中心
• musical centre 音乐中心
• national centre 国家中心
• political centre 政治中心
• social centre 社交中心

名词+～

• amusement centre 娱乐中心
• arts centre 艺术中心
• birthing centre 妇产中心
• business centre 商业中心
• childbearing centre 妇产中心
• community centre 社区活动中心
• control centre 调度中心,控制中心,调度室
• culture centre 文化馆
• day-care centre 日间托儿所
• distribution centre 销售中心
• fashion centre 时装中心
• flight-test centre 飞机试飞场
• gossip centres 闲聊的地方
• health centre 医疗中心
• hotel centre 旅馆区
• intelligence centre 情报中心
• job centre 就业服务中心
• manufacturing centre 制造业中心
• movie centre 电影中心
• nerve centre 神经中枢
• population centre 居民点,人口多的地方
• public health centre 公共保健中心
• recreation centre 娱乐中心
• research centre 研究中心
• science centre 科学中心
• senior-citizen centre 年长市民中心
• service centre (维修)服务站
• shopping centre 商业区,购物中心
• storm centre 风暴中心,动乱中心
• trading centre 贸易中心
• table centre 引人注目的中心
• wine-producing centre 制酒业中心
• world centre 世界中心

～+名词

• centre forward (足球)中锋

介词+～

• as centre 作为中心
• at the centre 在中心,在中央
• at the centre of a circle 在圆的中心
• between centres 中心之间
• from a common centre 从共同的中心点
• in a centre 在中心
• of centre 中间的
• off centre 偏离中心
• on the centre 在中心
• round centre 围绕中心
• with centre 中间

～+介词

• centre of a circle 圆心
• centre of activity 活动的中心
• centre of attention 瞩目中心
• centre of attraction 引力中心,惹眼的人或物
• centre of civilization 文明中心地
• centre of interest 兴趣中心
• centre of learning 学术中心
• centre of the lake 湖心

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• centre the ball 把球传至中路

～+副词

• centre largely 大部分集中于

～+介词

• centre about the crisis in the Middle East 以中东危机为中心
• centre around the table 围坐在餐桌周围
• centre by a pool 中间有一个池塘
• centre in crime 以犯罪为主题
• centre in the search for sth 集中在探寻某物上
• centre on sb 集中在某人身上
• centre on the election 集中在选举问题上
• centre sth on the wall 把某物挂在墙壁中央
• centre upon one idea 集中在一个主意上

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. centre是可数名词,基本意思是“中心”,可指圆、球体等物体的“心,中心点,中心轴”,也可指物体的“正中,当中,中央,中间”,也可指活动、重要性、影响、兴趣等方面的“中心,中枢,密集区”,还指经济,政治等的“中心”或某场合中的“中心人物”。
2. centre有时可表示政治上的“中间立场或中间党派”,是集合名词,用作单数。与单数动词连用,其前常加定冠词the。
3. centre是英式拼法,美式拼法为center。

v. (动词)

1. centre用作名词的意思是“中心”,转化为动词的意思则为“置于…中心; 集中于…”。
2. centre用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语,用作不及物动词时常须跟介词 about 〔round〕(较随便场合)或on〔upon〕(较正式场合或书面语)。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

centre, core, middle, midst

• 这组词都有“中间”“中部”的意思。其区别在于:
• 1.middle指距离两端或两边相等距离的中央或中间部分,也可指一段时间或行动始末的中间一段; midst指空间、时间、事物、人群等的中间; core指果实的果心; centre指空间的方、圆等位于中心的位置。例如:
• There is a double writing table in the middle of the room.房子中间放着一张双人写字台。
• He was elected from the midst of the prisoners.他是从犯人中选出的。
• The core of the apple is hard.苹果核是硬的。
• This building is at the centre of the city.这座大楼坐落在市中心。
• 2.core引申为“精髓”“核心”或“重要部分”; centre则引申为重要活动或事物的中心。例如:
• We didn't get to the core of the subject.我们没触及问题的核心。
• The core of our appeal is freedom of speech.我们呼吁的中心是要言论自由。
• She loves to be the centre of interest.她喜欢成为引人注意的中心人物。

v. (动词)

centre in, centre on

• 这两个短语都可以表示“集中在…上”,意思上没什么差别。例如:
• Our hopes are centred on〔in〕 them.我们的希望集中在他们身上。
• 只是centre in没有centre on常见。

centre, centralize, concentrate, focus

• 这组词的共同意思是“集中”。其区别在于:centre强调事或物所集中的那个中心点; focus强调同类事物汇集在一点上,融成一体; centralize则用于那些能集中又能分散的事或物,尤指集中权力或类似的东西; concentrate强调人类为达到目的而采用的技巧和方法、纪律及为此所做出的努力。例如:
• The conversation was centred on the election.会谈的中心问题是选举。
• The troops concentrated near the station.部队集结在车站附近。
• He focused the sun's ray on a piece of paper with a burning-glass.他用一面凸透镜把阳光在纸上集成焦点。
• She is trying to centralize all power into her own hands.她力图把所有权力集中在自己手中。

近反义词

【近义词】

• inside
• middle
• midpoint
• core
• focus
• heart
• hub
• concentrate
• direct
• focus