centre
UK (ALSO US center) UK ['sen.tər] US [-tˌɚ] noun countable
MIDDLE 中间
ESSENTIAL
■the middle point or part 中心点；中心，中央•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 centre of attention
■the person or thing that everyone is most interested in and pays most attention to 关注的中心；瞩目的焦点•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。 be at the centre of sth
■to be most involved in a situation 处于…的焦点；处于…的中心•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。
UK (ALSO US center) UK ['sen.tər] US [-tˌɚ] noun countable
PLACE 地方
ESSENTIAL
■a place or building, especially one where a particular activity happens （尤指某一活动的）中心•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。
UK (ALSO US center) UK ['sen.tər] US [-tˌɚ] noun only singular [+ sing/pl verb] adjective
■in politics, the people in a group who hold opinions which are not extreme but are between two opposites （政治上）中间立场（的），中间派（的）•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）
UK (ALSO US center) UK ['sen.tər] US [-tˌɚ] verb transitive
■to put something in the middle of an area 将…放在中央，使置中•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。
UK (ALSO US center) UK ['sen.tər] US [-tˌɚ] verb transitive
Phrasal Verbs centre around/on sth
■to have something as the main subject of discussion or interest （话题或兴趣）以…为中心，围绕着•The discussion centred around reducing waste.讨论围绕着减少浪费而展开。 |