| 单词 | central |
| 释义 | central (sentrəl ) 1. adjective B1 Something that is central is in the middle of a place or area. ...Central America's Caribbean coast. Wild camels are a problem in central Australia. ...a rich woman living in central London. centrally adverb [ADVERB -ed, ADVERB after verb] B1+ The main cabin has its full-sized double bed centrally placed with plenty of room around it. 2. adjective B2 A place that is central is easy to reach because it is in the centre of a city, town, or particular area. ...a central location in the capital. centrally adverb [ADVERB -ed, ADVERB after verb] B2 ...this centrally located hotel, situated on the banks of the Marne Canal. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A central group or organization makes all the important decisions that are followed throughout a larger organization or a country. There is a lack of trust towards the central government in Rome. ...the central committee of the Cuban communist party. centrally adverb [ADVERB -ed, ADVERB after verb] This is a centrally planned economy. 4. adjective The central person or thing in a particular situation is the most important one. Black dance music has been central to mainstream pop since the early '60s. [+ to] ...a central part of their culture. centrality (sentrælɪti ) uncountable noun ...the centrality of love to happiness. [+ of] centrally adverb [ADVERB after verb] In her memoirs Naomi is quick to acknowledge that her grandmother was centrally important in her venture as a writer. Collocations: central character The central character, the scary doc, is paranoid, naggy, miserable, erratic, unpredictably furious and no fun at all. Times, Sunday Times (2017) The central character is the author's most repulsive anti-hero yet. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The rural yet central character makes it so appealing, along with about 20 substantial homes with big gardens near top schools. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The central character is deeply flawed and yet he is also extremely likeable. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The mirror image of the central character and his portrayer. TO HIS JUST DESSERTS At that time, the first professional armies under central command were created. Globe and Mail (2003) The selection contest had been due to take place last night but has been postponed after a row between local members and the party's central command. Times, Sunday Times (2014) His fingers are a little crooked, but all parts of his body are paying better attention to his central command now. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Same well-designed central command system. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Organised around a central concept, it assembled the art into new, surprising interrelationships. Times, Sunday Times More crucially, they retain the central concept of the story, which could have come straight out of the recent recession headlines. ST The central concept of 'stewardship', differed to the 'nanny state' by being 'more sensitive to the balances between public good and individual freedom,' he said. Times, Sunday Times We're talking serious good intentions here, and a central concept realised with, presumably, at least a tincture of irony - high commerce meets social consciousness. Times, Sunday Times Of course the central concept of fairness that guided them must be right. Times, Sunday Times The threat of a velvet revolution remains a central concern. Times, Sunday Times His central concern was the notion of identity, both personal and collective, viewed from a deliberately held 'universalist' position. Times, Sunday Times It also directs the reader's attention (rather obviously) to the central concern of the novel: the environmental inheritance we bequeath our descendants. The Times Literary Supplement Their fate must be a central concern of global public policy. Times, Sunday Times He said the cap was a central concern, because it was inevitable that cash-strapped foundation trusts would be tempted by private work to plug a financial deficit. Times, Sunday Times The army would work more effectively, they believe, with a smaller central core and a satellite of specially trained units it could call into play. Times, Sunday Times (2010) In fresh onions there will be no sign of sprouting in the central core. Food Watch (1994) Quarter lengthways and remove the tough central core. The Sun (2016) The central courtyard of Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar's hospital was a dank and cheerless place. NEVERWHERE (2004) Downside The terrace is in a central courtyard and struggles for sunlight. Times, Sunday Times (2014) There's a pool in the central courtyard and a coffee shop on site. Times, Sunday Times (2014) It is built around a central courtyard and open to the elements. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The home will be built around a central courtyard. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Under the new plan patients will have the chance to opt out of their records being collected, stored in a central database and shared with third parties. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The voluntary scheme will provide a central database. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The question could be asked at the same time and replies recorded on a central database. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Those intracity districts are shown as (central district). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each district (including the central district) corresponds to a specific area within the province. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The central district of the town supported boat and barge building, foundries and carpet manufacturers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many still-inhabited town houses in the city's central district date from the 18th century and earlier. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The downtown area or central district has two movie theaters, a community theater, and space for open air concerts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Smart meters will be a central element in driving this change by enabling customers to act on real-time data to reduce energy consumption. Times, Sunday Times Music was a central element to the films. Times, Sunday Times He's unable, then, to discuss the central element of the series. Times, Sunday Times The 12-sided coins have appeared with gaps between the central element and the outer ring or the central element has become detachable. Times, Sunday Times It wanted the central element in the pack to be a home condition report. Times, Sunday Times She and her followers were terribly proud of this; indeed it was a central feature of her tweets. Times, Sunday Times Then, however, this central feature turns ingeniously into a microscopic journey through the human body: the lungs shadowed by tuberculosis. Times, Sunday Times They're also great for containers, alone or as a central feature. The Sun That these problems are now a central feature of the security picture in so many countries would have been unimaginable. Times, Sunday Times The park's central feature, an obelisk atop a flat pyramid, sits in the midst of a dusty wasteland beyond the far edge of the capital. The Times Literary Supplement At the same time, the need for continuity and a consistent central figure has rarely been as great. Times, Sunday Times His specialities were theme puzzles, where a central figure or concept informs much of the puzzle. Times, Sunday Times And yet the central figure was not on the field at all. Times,Sunday Times A comprehensive text successfully places him as a central figure of 20th-century photography. Times, Sunday Times The 33-year-old centre, who has 71 caps, has relinquished the captaincy since the last tournament in 2003, but should be a central figure. Times, Sunday Times It's a central hub of business for so many companies both domestic and overseas. Times, Sunday Times (2016) There are nodes which are all connected but there is no central hub. Times, Sunday Times (2008) These spread out in clusters from a central hub of elegantly restrained public areas. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The three parks flow out of a central hub, making it easy to walk between them. The Sun (2016) 'There is a central hub, a bit like a computer server or something, which bounces all the information backwards and forwards. POPCO (2003) He repeated himself several times and later used the phrase as the central motif of a speech to rehabilitate his premiership. Times, Sunday Times Yet we get too much of the central motif of the embattled veteran in his tiny cardboard dugout, and not enough about how his consciousness can be altered. Times, Sunday Times The central motif of birds gives the author the opportunity to explore a range of themes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The flowers he picked were arranged in vases to become the central motif of several still lifes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That same desolate desert landscape became a central motif in many works of art until the 1980s. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many believe that optical scanners - especially ones that count the ballots at the election precinct, not at a central office - are the most reliable method. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The reality is simpler: Conservative central office blatantly ignores the voices formerly expressed through local associations. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Beneath the spin lay evidence of straitened times at central office. Times, Sunday Times (2009) We also point to a central paradox. Times, Sunday Times (2013) This is the central paradox of sporting progress. Times, Sunday Times (2008) This gets close to the central paradox of Truman. Truman (1986) All cars with two doors on each side need a central pillar between the two to provide side impact strength and structural rigidity. Times, Sunday Times Up one flight of stairs in the central pillar, you will find a landing with a grand piano. Times, Sunday Times A central pillar of slate, left unquarried, holds up the roof. Times, Sunday Times And that's why most people think it makes sense to make fuel economy a central pillar of their new car-buying decision. Times, Sunday Times Also, the tables have a central pillar, so no corner legs. Times, Sunday Times The first, in 1937, explained why companies exist — islands of central planning in a sea of market negotiation. Times, Sunday Times We are certainly moving towards more controlled banking, but we are not heading for central planning and state control of the economy's commanding heights. Times, Sunday Times There are plenty of books written about the horrors of central planning. Mail and Guardian First, competition generally yields better results, in terms of both customer service and economic efficiency than monopoly, regulation and central planning. Times, Sunday Times But a graduate tax would be a disastrous return to central planning and could damage universities. Times, Sunday Times Other facilities include a central plaza surrounded by restaurants, a cliff-top infinity pool and in-room spa treatments. Times, Sunday Times As students gathered for another clash with the police, the central plaza looked as though a hurricane had passed over it. Times,Sunday Times Last summer, colour ran riot across fashion's central plaza, knocking over the chairs in the fashion cafes and playing havoc with the sartorial gelato parlours. Times, Sunday Times He went on to deliver checkmate just before a huge tropical thunderstorm that cleared the central plaza before most of the other masters had completed their games. Times, Sunday Times Commuters fought to get around the barricades of rubbish and cars, while the central plaza was sealed off by police. Times, Sunday Times But despite the central premise it would have been difficult to find a more old-fashioned or cheerier family. Times, Sunday Times But where are those taking aim at the central premise? Times, Sunday Times Worst of all, the film dodges its central premise. Times, Sunday Times Actually, with little fanfare, a discovery in the early 1950s had already refuted this central premise of classical economics. Times, Sunday Times Unfortunately, the central premise hasn't been thought out very rigorously. Times, Sunday Times Above all, it says that your central preoccupation is not love, but life. Times, Sunday Times (2013) But it was the modernisation of the Armed Forces which was his central preoccupation. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Cosmetic surgery is not just a matter of cost or expertise; it is fast becoming a central preoccupation of our time. Times, Sunday Times (2010) This is arguably a central preoccupation of the adult artist, too. The Times Literary Supplement (2012) He has plans for reform and a central preoccupation that would not look out of place back in the education department. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The central provinces also drove on the right. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Flooding occurred in many northern and central provinces. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They were hard-pressed by landowners from central provinces who were acquiring the land in their area and settling their serfs on it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Computers should play a central role in fighting computer crime by spotting patterns in vast databases. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Boards set the tone and play a central role in developing organisations' moral compasses. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Welles stars in the central role as well as directs this atmospheric but flawed adaptation of the play. Times, Sunday Times (2013) First, citizens in all areas of the country need to have a more central role in preparing for emergencies. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Plays a central role in Fulham's rise to the top flight but his career is curtailed by a leg injury suffered in a car crash. Times, Sunday Times (2012) It was the second pre-dawn raid in as many days on the city’s central square. Globe and Mail Engineers placed tiles on springs in the central square to power four street lights. Times, Sunday Times A recreation of the scene in which 'troopers one, two, three' discover him with a stolen jumbuck, or sheep, decorates a central square. Times, Sunday Times Bastide towns and villages, with their chessboard layout around an arcaded central square, structure contemporary country life as well now as they did 600 years ago. Times, Sunday Times At a sprawling shanty town that has formed in the central square, the lucky ones shelter under plastic sheets but thousands are sleeping rough on the ground. Times, Sunday Times From the central station the hotels, restaurants and sights are within easy walking distance, or at most a quick bike or taxi ride away. Times, Sunday Times No false alarms or call-outs had taken place and the alarm central station denies receiving most of the calls. Times, Sunday Times One patient reported, the nurses all stayed in their central station. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Later he applied his statistical methods to the final installation of central station switching systems, then to factory production. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The central station building was completely destroyed and never rebuilt. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Formed as a socialist party, its commitment to public ownership of large parts of the economy was a central tenet for many years. Times, Sunday Times (2015) His central tenet that hunger is not a natural catastrophe - it emerges into public view within historical contexts and for precise political reasons - is compelling. Times, Sunday Times (2007) This would appear to support the central tenet of the movement - that healthy soil results in healthy plants, which results in healthy consumers. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Yet the central tenet of the human condition - love - seems utterly foreign to your understanding. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Everything could and must be reduced to a single central tenet. DEVASTATING EDEN: The Search for Utopia in America (2004) The interplay between theoretical atomic physics and astronomy was to remain a central theme of his work. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Contemporary luxury is a central theme in all the autumn ranges. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Indeed, the movement of people through the landscape is an energizing central theme of the book. The Times Literary Supplement (2016) This is misleading and greatly weakens his central thesis. The Times Literary Supplement (2013) The central thesis of the book turns on the idea of an imperial project. The Times Literary Supplement (2010) The central thesis is that architecture shapes us just as much as we shape it. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The book's central thesis is that sadness seems always to have existed. Times, Sunday Times (2007) But we're getting away from the central thesis. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Translations: Chinese: 中心的 Japanese: 中央の |
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