•There was a large table in the centre of the room.屋子中央有张大桌子。

•the town centre市中心

•She's the centre of attention everywhere she goes.她不论走到哪里都是众人瞩目的焦点。

•Mark was at the centre of the argument.马克处于争论的风口浪尖上。

•A social worker was at the centre of the scandal.一位社工处于这桩丑闻的漩涡之中。

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•a sports/leisure/health centre体育／休闲／保健中心

•a garden/shopping centre园艺／购物中心

•Grants will be given to establish centres of excellence (= places where a particular activity is done extremely well) in this field of research.将会拨款在这个领域建立出色的研究中心。

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•His political views are known to be left of/right of centre.人们知道他的政治观点属于中间偏左／右。

•a centre left party中左派（政党）

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•Centre (= Put at equal distances from the left and right sides of the page) all the headings in this document.把这份档中的所有标题置中。

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•The discussion centred around reducing waste.讨论围绕着减少浪费而展开。