centre

centre 基本解释

n.  中心点; 中心; 正中; 中央; (市镇的)中心区; 人口集中的地区; 商业中心区; 文化中心区
v.  把…放在中央

centre 词性变化

复数：centres过去式：centred过去分词：centred第三人称单数：centres现在分词：centring

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centre 词组短语

• local exchage centre
• law centre
• packet switching centre
• acceptor centre
• centre national du commerce extercue
• indoctrination centre
• trade promotion centre
• message switching centre
• citizen's advocate centre
• control centre

centre 详细解释

noun

中间 middle

1. 中心点；中心；正中；中央
   the middle point or part of sth
   1. the centre of a circle
      圆心
   2. a long table in the centre of the room
      房间中央的长桌
   3. chocolates with soft centres
      软心巧克力糖

城镇；城市 town/city

2. （市镇的）中心区
   the main part of a town or city where there are a lot of shops/stores and offices
   1. in the town/city centre
      在镇 / 市中心区
   2. the centre of town
      市中心
   3. a town-centre car park
      市中心停车场
3. 人口集中的地区；商业中心区；文化中心区
   a place or an area where a lot of people live; a place where a lot of business or cultural activity takes place
   1. major urban/industrial centres
      主要城市 / 工业中心
   2. a centre of population
      人口密集区
   3. Small towns in South India serve as economic and cultural centres for the surrounding villages.
      印度南部的小城镇是周围村庄的经济文化中心。

建筑物 building

4. 中心；活动中心
   a building or place used for a particular purpose or activity
   1. a shopping/sports/leisure/community centre
      购物 / 运动 / 休闲 / 社区中心
   2. the Centre for Policy Studies
      政策研究中心

优秀 of excellence

5. 居领先地位的中心；（某领域中成绩突出的）中心
   a place where a particular kind of work is done extremely well

注意 of attention

6. 中心；聚集点
   the point towards which people direct their attention
   1. Children like to be the centre of attention .
      小孩子喜欢引人注目。
   2. The prime minister is at the centre of a political row over leaked Cabinet documents.
      首相成了内阁文件泄密而引起的一场政治风波的中心人物。

以…为中心 -centred

7. 有…最重要特征的；有…中心的；以…为中心的
   having the thing mentioned as the most important feature or centre of attention
   1. a child-centred approach to teaching
      以儿童为中心的教学法

政治 in politics

8. 中间派；中间党
   a moderate (= middle) political position or party, between the extremes of left-wing and right-wing parties
   1. a party of the centre
      中间党派

体育运动 in sport

体育运动 in sport

verb

1. 把…放在中央
   to move sth so that it is in the centre of sth else
   1. Carefully centre the photograph on the page and stick it in place.
      把照片小心地放在页面中央并粘贴好。

centre 同义词辨析

  centrecoreheartmiddlemidst【导航词义：中心，中央】

  centre n. 中心，集中点

〔辨析〕指空间、地域或物体的中心点，也可指学术、商业等活动的中心。

  core n. 核心

〔辨析〕指某物体的中心部分或某事物最重要的部分。

  heart n. 中心

〔辨析〕指事物最重要的部分；也可指方位上的中心，作此义解时可与 centre 换用。

  middle n. 中间，中央，中部

〔辨析〕指空间、时间或事件的中间部分。

  midst n. 〈正式〉中间

〔辨析〕指位于某地的中部或者处于一群人、一堆物品中间，也可指在某事的进行过程中。

centre 短语用例

centre around/on/round/upon sb/sth

centre sth around/on/round/upon sb/sth

1. 把…当作中心；（使）成为中心
   to be or make sb/sth become the person or thing around which most activity, etc. takes place
   1. the centre of a circle
      圆心
   2. a long table in the centre of the room
      房间中央的长桌
   3. chocolates with soft centres
      软心巧克力糖

centre sth in…

1. 使活动等集中于…
   to make somewhere the place where an activity or event takes place
   1. in the town/city centre
      在镇 / 市中心区
   2. the centre of town
      市中心
   3. a town-centre car park
      市中心停车场

centre 习惯用语

n.

front and center

• 在（或进入）最重要位置
  in or into the most important position

left, right and centre

• 四面八方；到处；处处
  in all directions; everywhere
  1. He's giving away money left, right and centre.
     他到处赠款。

centre 双语例句

1. 1、 Thousands of farmers from across Europe have held a huge demonstration in the centre of Brussels
   来自欧洲各地的数千农民在布鲁塞尔市中心举行了大规模的示威游行。
2. 2、 Radio signals received from the galaxy's centre back up the black hole theory
   从该星系中心收到的无线电信号证实了黑洞理论。
3. 3、 We went to a party at the leisure centre
   我们去休闲中心参加一个聚会。
4. 4、 She now also does pottery classes at a community centre.
   她现在还在社区中心上陶艺课。
5. 5、 London is also the major international insurance centre.
   伦敦也是重要的国际保险中心。
6. 6、 A large wooden table dominates the centre of the room
   一张大木桌摆在房间正中央。
7. 7、 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。
8. 8、 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。
9. 9、 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。
10. 10、 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。
11. 11、 The Democrats have become a party of the centre.
    民主党成了中立的党派。
12. 12、 centre the design on the cloth before you start.
    在开始前，将图案放在布的正中间。
13. 13、 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。
14. 14、 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。
15. 15、 The fighting has been centred around the town of Vucovar
    战斗主要集中在武科瓦尔镇周围。
16. 16、 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。
17. 17、 Police cordoned off part of the city centre
    警察封锁了市中心的部分地区。
18. 18、 Den had dug a deep hole in the centre of the garden
    德恩在花园的中央挖了一个深洞。
19. 19、 His development policies have extracted cash from the city centre.
    他的发展政策已经从市中心榨取了收益。
20. 20、 The immediate flashpoint was Wednesday's big rally in the city centre
    星期三市中心的大集会成了直接的导火索。
21. 21、 He founded the centre for Journalism Studies at University College Cardiff
    他在加的夫大学学院成立了新闻学研究中心。
22. 22、 Now we live further away from the city centre
    现在我们住得离市中心更远了。
23. 23、 Each centre would provide information on technology and training
    每个中心都会提供技术与培训方面的信息。
24. 24、 The sociological study of religion moved from the centre to the periphery of sociology.
    宗教的社会学研究从社会学的中心学科变成了边缘学科。
25. 25、 Miners gathered in the centre of Bucharest in a show of support for the government
    矿工们聚集在布加勒斯特市中心以表示对政府的支持。
26. 26、 The venue for the show is Birmingham's National Exhibition centre Hall
    展览地点在伯明翰国家展览中心大厅。
27. 27、 George Granger has started a health centre and I know he's looking for qualified staff
    乔治·格兰杰开办了一个保健中心，我知道他正在物色合格的职员。
28. 28、 He had taken up a position in the centre of the room
    他占据了房间中心的位置。
29. 29、 The backward place has changed into an industrial centre.
    那落后的地方变成了工业中心。

centre 英英释义

noun

1. a building dedicated to a particular activity
   1. they were raising money to build a new center for research

   Synonym:    center

2. a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
   1. in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere

   Synonym:    centernerve centernerve centre

3. the object upon which interest and attention focuses
   1. his stories made him the center of the party

   Synonym:    centercenter of attentioncentre of attention

4. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
   1. the gist of the prosecutor's argument
   2. the heart and soul of the Republican Party
   3. the nub of the story

   Synonym:    kernelsubstancecorecenteressencegistheartheart and soulinwardnessmarrowmeatnubpithsumnitty-gritty

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

   Synonym:    center

6. a place where some particular activity is concentrated
   1. they received messages from several centers

   Synonym:    center

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

   Synonym:    centermidpoint

8. an area that is approximately central within some larger region
   1. it is in the center of town
   2. they ran forward into the heart of the struggle
   3. they were in the eye of the storm

   Synonym:    centermiddlehearteye

verb

1. direct one's attention on something
   1. Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies

   Synonym:    concentratefocuscenterporerivet

2. move into the center
   1. That vase in the picture is not centered

   Synonym:    center