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单词 central
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centraladjective

uk/ˈsen.trəl/us/ˈsen.trəl/

central adjective (NEAR THE MIDDLE)

B1 in, at, from, or near the centre or most important part of something:

central Europe/London
Of course, you pay more for premises with a central location (= in or near the centre of a town).

More examples

  • Some late news has just come in - a bomb has exploded in central London.
  • In many churches the side aisles are separated from the central aisle by a row of arches.
  • The bridge's central support gave way, tipping the coach into the river.
  • The large central diamond is surrounded by eight smaller stones.
  • I love the wide open spaces of central Australia.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Centres of objects

  • bowel
  • center
  • center of gravity
  • centrality
  • centrally
  • centre
  • centre of gravity
  • core
  • hub
  • inner ring
  • innermost
  • inside
  • interior
  • median
  • mid
  • middle
  • midpoint
  • midway
  • off-centre
  • the bowels of sth idiom

central adjective (IMPORTANT)

C2 main or important:

a central role
Community involvement is central to our plan.

More examples

  • I failed to grasp the film's central concept.
  • Eugenics was the central, and most controversial, part of his social philosophy.
  • The central character of the play is a flaky neurotic.
  • The central argument of the book is that some of the plays were not written by Shakespeare.
  • The central character is a malevolent witch out for revenge.

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Important and essential things

  • -based
  • amenity
  • be-all
  • big league
  • biggie
  • building block
  • flagship
  • heavyweight
  • hot button
  • kernel
  • keynote
  • keystone
  • lifeblood
  • nucleus
  • pivot
  • prerequisite
  • priority
  • requisite
  • sine qua non
  • supply

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central adjective (ORGANIZATION)

C1 [ before noun ] controlled or organized in one main place:

central authorities
the US central bank
central planning

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Managing and organizing

  • act
  • administer
  • administration
  • bureaucracy
  • bureaucratic
  • campaign
  • head sth up
  • in hand idiom
  • kaizen
  • manage
  • management
  • mind the store idiom
  • run the show idiom
  • running
  • shakedown
  • square
  • square sth/sb away
  • stage
  • stage-manage
  • stewardship

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Centralnoun

/ˈsen.trəl//ˈsen.trəl/

an area of central Scotland that was one of nine local government regions until 1996:

At that time she worked for Central Regional Council.

More examples

  • Central was one of the 12 regions into which Scotland was divided from 1975 to 1996.
  • Central was formed in 1975 by bringing together the traditional county areas of Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire, plus parts of the west side of the traditional county of West Lothian.
  • As a region, Central was the upper of two tiers of local government.
  • Listen to our Traffic Scotland Radio broadcast for Central, Tayside and Fife.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Towns & regions: named regions of countries

  • Aberdeen City
  • Aberdeenshire
  • AK
  • AL
  • Alderney
  • Fife
  • FL
  • Flintshire
  • Florida
  • French Canadian
  • nd
  • New England
  • New Englander
  • New Hampshire
  • New York
  • the Midlands
  • the Midwest
  • the Sunbelt
  • the West Coast
  • the West Country

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