| 单词 | centre |
| 释义 | centre (sentəʳ ) Word forms: centres , centring , centred regional note: in AM, use center 1. countable noun [oft in names] A2 A centre is a building where people have meetings, take part in a particular activity, or get help of some kind. We went to a party at the leisure centre. She now also does pottery classes at a community centre. ...the National Exhibition Centre. 2. countable noun If an area or town is a centre for an industry or activity, that industry or activity is very important there. London is also the major international insurance centre. 3. countable noun [usually singular] A2 The centre of something is the middle of it. A large wooden table dominates the centre of the room. [+ of] Bake until light golden and crisp around the edges and slightly soft in the centre. Synonyms: middle, heart, focus, mid [archaic] 4. countable noun [usually singular] A2 The centre of a town or city is the part where there are the most shops and businesses and where a lot of people come from other areas to work or shop. ...the city centre. 5. countable noun [usually singular] B2 If something or someone is at the centre of a situation, they are the most important thing or person involved. ...the man at the centre of the controversy. [+ of] At the centre of the inquiry has been concern for the pensioners involved. [+ of] 6. countable noun [usually singular] If someone or something is the centre of attention or interest, people are giving them a lot of attention. The rest of the cast was used to her being the centre of attention. [+ of] The centre of attraction was Pierre Auguste Renoir's oil painting. [+ of] 7. singular noun [oft NOUN noun] In politics, the centre refers to groups and their beliefs, when they are considered to be neither left-wing nor right-wing. The Democrats have become a party of the centre. ...the centre parties. 8. verb If you centre something, you move it so that it is at the centre of something else. Centre the design on the cloth before you start. [VERB noun on noun] 9. verb If something centres or is centred on a particular thing or person, that thing or person is the main subject of attention. ...a plan which centred on academic achievement and personal motivation. [V + on/around] All his concerns were centred around himself rather than Rachel. [V on/around n] When working with patients, my efforts are centred on helping them to overcome illness. [be V-ed + on/around] -centred combining form ...a child-centred approach to teaching. ...patient-centred care. 10. verb If an industry or event is centred in a place, or if it centres there, it takes place to the greatest extent there. Chinese restaurants have traditionally been centred around Chinatown. [be VERB-ed preposition] The disturbances have centred round the two main university areas. [VERB preposition] Between 100 and 150 travellers' vehicles were scattered around the county, with the largest gathering centred on Ampfield. [VERB-ed] 11. See also community centre, detention centre, garden centre, health centre, job centre, left-of-centre, nerve centre, reception centre, remand centre, right-of-centre, shopping centre Idioms: left, right, and centre [British] or left and right used to emphasize that something is happening or being done a great deal They're all expecting the state to pay out money left right and centre. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers centre stage the position in which someone or something gets the most attention The summit is the first time he has occupied centre stage at an important international gathering since coming to power last year. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: activity centre It has lodged a planning application for an 80-bedroom hotel, a village inn and an outdoor activity centre to complement the existing visitors' centre. Times, Sunday Times Work experience last year at an outdoor activity centre gave him insight into his own character. Times, Sunday Times It will include a hotel, outdoor activity centre and nature reserve. Times, Sunday Times Test your courage at this adventure activity centre, with everything from quad trekking to zooming down a mountain on a skateboard. Times, Sunday Times The activity centre offers residents and those coming in regularly from the local community pastimes, such as entertainment, day trips, bridge, painting, singing, table tennis and yoga. Times, Sunday Times This could make sense in mainly rural areas with no obvious administrative centre or where the proposed new mayoral constituency straddles council boundaries. Times, Sunday Times The castle functioned as an administrative centre, a prison, and a military strongpoint. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most of the counties were named after a town in that county (commonly referred to as a county town); usually an administrative centre. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It formed the public administrative centre for the district with a large council chamber on the first floor, with public gallery, and four committee rooms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It serves as the administrative centre for the municipality of the same name. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It teaches officers and call centre staff how to identify each personality type. The Sun (2010) She then tried to use telephone banking but call centre staff alerted the fraud protection team. The Sun (2016) Having to repeat your problem to different call centre staff makes your blood boil, while being kept waiting on the phone leaves you livid. The Sun (2016) Two in five call centre staff also quoted pricier tickets. The Sun (2009) Call centre staff use them to try to sell gas and electricity deals or boiler cover to householders. The Sun (2012) Fall over or leave the designated area (the centre circle would lend itself most obviously) and you're out. Times, Sunday Times (2006) He called the entire squad into the centre circle. Times, Sunday Times (2016) That sparked a free-for-all in the centre circle which spilled over as both players headed for the tunnel. The Sun (2015) You have that long walk from the centre circle where so many things go through your head. The Sun (2014) The moon moves into your birth sign to put you centre of attention for all the right reasons. The Sun (2012) Both liked to be the centre of attention. Times, Sunday Times (2017) They all want to be the centre of attention. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Lion heads, gold gilt or gem designs, pop one on a shirt and be the centre of attention. The Sun (2013) This surreal piece of regulation found itself at the centre of controversy last year. Times, Sunday Times Yet in 2012, the streetwear found itself at the centre of controversy again. The Sun They have regularly been at the centre of controversy for the way they work. The Sun But he has been at the centre of controversy over the past few months, with fans slamming his channel's negative postmatch rants. The Sun The film has been at the centre of controversy since its release at the end of last year. Times, Sunday Times I went there ten times in four years and in 2004 the school was declared a centre of excellence. Times, Sunday Times She must have been about ten or 11 when she came into our centre of excellence programme. Times, Sunday Times It became a national centre of excellence and an internationally respected hub for industrial history. Times, Sunday Times An academy could also have provision for young cricketers who might otherwise be lost to the game, as well as providing a centre of excellence. Times, Sunday Times We should be a centre of excellence for pharmaceuticals, high-end engineering, architecture, health care and digital media. Times, Sunday Times A gateway spacecraft could act as a command centre able to provide a direct link. Times, Sunday Times Speeding along the main roads between government checkpoints, we arrived at a breeze-block hut in a wooded clearing — the resistance command centre. Times, Sunday Times Finally, two more operators in another command centre must also use their keys to authorise launch. Times, Sunday Times She then helped to set up a command centre, pulling together various systems into one overarching facility. Times, Sunday Times Create a command centre: a table or shelf where you can keep essentials like pens, a bowl to store spare change and keys. Times, Sunday Times If West Berlin is not a cultural centre, it will begin to die. Times, Sunday Times (2011) We want to take this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to ensure this district is returned to its former glory as London's business and cultural centre. Times, Sunday Times (2012) I hope the new gallery pays tribute to his foresight in recognising Swindon's potential as a cultural centre. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The company has invested 200 million in a new distribution centre. Times, Sunday Times (2014) People queued down the street outside a food distribution centre yesterday. The Sun (2011) I work in a distribution centre for an online shop. The Sun (2016) The company said it plans to build a shopping and entertainment centre there. Times, Sunday Times If you have a la rge digital library of movies as well as photos and music, you can u se it as an entertainment centre. Times, Sunday Times Made of distressed wood to match the entertainment centre, it hides a fridge, microwave and sink. Globe and Mail The four-deck-high 'floating entertainment centre' also sports a 70ft waterslide and an onboard craft village. Times, Sunday Times The large living area accommodates both a fireplace and entertainment centre, as well as a table for playing cards. Globe and Mail The City of London is a major financial centre. Times, Sunday Times (2008) It is one of the oldest and largest investment banks with offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other leading financial centres around the world. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Underlying it all was a classic power struggle, mirroring the rivalry between New York and London as financial centres. Times, Sunday Times (2008) We had hundreds of empty homes in the historic centre. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Tourist money has been poured back into its restoration and this historic centre is now the colonial shining star of the Caribbean. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Many smaller tremors had rattled the area in the months before the quake, which destroyed much of the historic centre of the city. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Once an industrial centre, now a bruised township. Times, Sunday Times The settlement was transformed into an industrial centre at the turn of the 19th century, when coal mining and weaving flourished. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has lost several buildings but was previously a small industrial centre. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The town was an industrial centre based on coal mining and glass manufacture, which have now been replaced by service industries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The small district had barely enough room for a significant industrial centre. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 From the fifteenth century these complexes deployed modular production systems, and private and official factories and kilns were concentrated in one major centre. The Times Literary Supplement As a major centre for insurance and reinsurance activities it has built up a large reserve of intellectual capital and acquired a reputation for innovation. Times, Sunday Times In 1847, the first chemical factory was established and the town rapidly became a major centre of the chemical industry. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the late 19th century, the valley quickly became a major centre for iron ore extraction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In former times it was a major centre for the mining and storage of bauxite. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its population grew rapidly in the first half of the 19th century becoming an important manufacturing centre. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This would form the basis for a petrochemical manufacturing centre. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During the 19th century, the town grew rapidly as a manufacturing centre. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These plants aren't called factories any more but advanced manufacturing centres. Times, Sunday Times The company has invested over $7 billion transforming the 360 acre former stud farm into a manufacturing centre. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His name was Vincent Graver, and he also worked at the blood bank in the same medical centre as my mother. MY BABYSITTER BITES BACK (2002) He cites a project to build a special school with a boarding facility and medical centre. Times, Sunday Times (2011) It has two underground floors, a semibasement, and six floors, which house all the various activities of this medical centre. 1966, 'Centro de Traumatología y Rehabilitación, en Barcelona, España', Informes de la Construccion It's not one of the major metropolitan centres over here, and it's too small to go in the atlas. Times, Sunday Times Woodlands are like cities, packed metropolitan centres that rely on complex networks of interdependent enterprise. Times, Sunday Times He has four offices targeting the big metropolitan centres and an undisclosed number of workers. Times, Sunday Times Is he right that because of the mathematics of scale 'the runaway growth of metropolitan centres may prove to be essential to establishing a sustainable future'? Times, Sunday Times Both have strong liberal traditions and both are removed from the multicultural, metropolitan centres where liberal policies actually make much difference. Times, Sunday Times However, it has remained sufficiently intact to function as the operation centre for search-and-rescue teams. Times, Sunday Times Emergency operations centres were not warned of the training and began responding. The Sun All staff have now been instructed to refer to it only as 'a new operations centre in the northwest'. Times, Sunday Times The operations centre co-ordinates these convoys and warships often pass through ahead of the merchant fleet. Times, Sunday Times The first of his five sixes hit the roof of the operations centre behind long-off. Times, Sunday Times Constituency names are geographic, and should normally reflect the main population centre(s) contained in the constituency. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With nearly 3,000 people, it the largest population centre in the township. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For the 2011 census, urban area has been renamed to population centre. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Until this time, the name existed as one for the rural cadastral area in this place, but there was no identifiable population centre. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The village ceased to be a population centre in 1647. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Neuroscientists put electrodes on the speech processing centre of the brains of 15 people. The Sun They can be positioned more than 15 miles apart and will automatically read numberplates and transmit data instantly to a penalty processing centre. Times, Sunday Times A second processing centre had been opened - still a warehouse, but with showers and more space. Times, Sunday Times The new cameras are not linked but have synchronised clocks and each separately transmits information to a processing centre. Times, Sunday Times The digital cameras never run out of film and transmit drivers' number plates instantly to a penalty processing centre. The Sun And who would take the garden rubbish to the recycling centre then? Times, Sunday Times (2014) My recycling centre allowed me to take only two bags per week. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Then beg a few wire freezer baskets at your recycling centre. Times, Sunday Times (2014) In addition, the campus houses a community centre, an adult education centre, a church, a health centre, a refugee centre and a convent. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The late 18th-century house has been used as a workhouse school, hospital and a refugee centre before closing in 1971. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During the time as a refugee centre, half the runway was closed and used for temporary housing (mainly tents). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yet the signs are that the outsourcing of refugee centres will fail, defeated by the volume of the exodus and its duration. Times, Sunday Times All ballots have to be transported from far-flung islands to the closest regional centre. Times, Sunday Times More recently it has been a regional centre for telephony. Times, Sunday Times Two private hospitals and a regional centre for reeducation also exist. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each cathedral also serves as a regional centre and a focus of regional pride and affection. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has developed into a regional centre for business and government services. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The group has announced plans to open a new research centre in Beijing, where it expects to employ about 100 engineers. Times, Sunday Times (2006) British staff work at the company's research centres in Germany, Asia and America. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The local government is planning to boost the tourism sector and build a research centre to study the unique wildlife, from rare birds to seaweed. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Up to 30 asylum seekers live in bunks at the residential centre. The Sun (2010) Some county organisations have residential centres specifically for young people. Working with Teenagers (1994) We are looking at the possibility of setting up our own residential rehabilitation centre. The Sun (2011) The study takes into account the affluence of the catchment area and the type of shops in the retail centre. Times, Sunday Times There, the whole glorious parade of handsome stone buildings languished while absurd proposals were canvassed for turning it into a discount retail centre. Times, Sunday Times It was being held by the retail centre. Times, Sunday Times Maybe they can turn it into another museum or retail centre with workers on the minimum wage. The Sun Planning permission has been given for a 100,000 sq ft retail centre above the station. Times, Sunday Times There was no indoor tennis centre, just ramshackle old council courts and nowhere to have lessons. Times, Sunday Times Another eight indoor courts are available on site at the national tennis centre. Times,Sunday Times It was taking money from the coaches who were registered through the tennis centre. Times, Sunday Times They established a training base at a local tennis centre. Times, Sunday Times Work your way through guided mountain-biking, a nine-court tennis centre and a saturated watersports offering. Times, Sunday Times The gallery turns into a sort of trading centre, with factory section and online shopping service. Times, Sunday Times Nineteen essays cover topics from medieval dinars to experiments replicating eleventh-century gold-refining techniques, but the five chapters devoted to vanished cities (each a significant trading centre) are the most evocative. The Times Literary Supplement The market serves as an unofficial social centre as well as a trading centre. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As the town developed into an important trading centre, the wharfs were improved. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In colonial times the town used to be a major trading centre for piassava and other agricultural products. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Both of them speed away from the trauma centre in separate cars, each variously dialling or hanging up on the other, as they try to talk through what has happened. Times, Sunday Times I was treated in a major trauma centre. Times, Sunday Times So the capital's premier trauma centre, with other flagships such as the medical school, effectively falls apart. Times, Sunday Times One of those hurt was transferred to a major trauma centre for leg injuries. The Sun You are talking about a helicopter and trauma centre being decimated. Times, Sunday Times He waved as he left the treatment centre in a wheelchair. The Sun (2014) The TV star, who recently spent a month in a US treatment centre, sought help after her addiction to painkillers spiralled out of control. The Sun (2009) The Royal Engineers are also building six ebola treatment centres, with a total capacity of 700 beds. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Trim the end off the romaine lettuce, separate the leaves and discard the very centre. The Sun Yet, for the moment, nuclear power remains at the very centre of the conceptual divide. Times, Sunday Times More than 300 balcony staterooms look down into the park, giving guests a room with a view at the very centre of the ship. The Sun Cautious investors will avoid financial stocks, especially banks, which are being thrown about in alarming fashion at the very centre of the credit crunch storms. Times, Sunday Times She was so proud of them; they were the very centre of her life. Times, Sunday Times It has a piano bar and a wellness centre. Times, Sunday Times (2012) On the way I pop into the wellness centre to find out about my fasting programme. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The hotel also has a wellness centre, which offers massages and other treatments. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Translations: Chinese: 中心 Japanese: 中心 |
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