单词 | central |
释义 | central (once / 80 pages) 1adj 2n Anything central is in the middle of something — or essential to it. Central things are fundamental and important. Think about the center of a circle: it's right in the middle, equidistant from all sides. Similarly, anything central is in the middle of something. The central part of a city is downtown. You can also say something central is an important, crucial part of something. National security is a central responsibility of the President. Communication is a central goal of writing. Central things are essential and key. WORD FAMILYcentral: centralise, centralism, centrality, centralize, centrally, centrals+/center: centered, centeredly, centering, centers, central, centric, centrical/centered: self-centered/centering: centerings/centralisation: centralisations/centralise: centralisation, centralised, centralises, centralising, decentralise/centralised: decentralised/centralising: decentralising/centralism: centralist, centralistic/centrality: centralities/centralization: centralizations/centralize: centralization, centralized, centralizes, centralizing, decentralize/centric: bicentric, centrically/decentralise: decentalisation, decentralisation, decentralises/decentralize: decentralization, decentralized, decentralizes, decentralizing/self-centered: self-centeredness USAGE EXAMPLESHer body was found at the central Melbourne location about 11:50 local time, Victoria Police said. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) If Mr. Roof is sentenced to death, the dispute about his mental health is likely to be central to any appeals. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) By intervening, however, the central government would risk reigniting the passions that flared in 2014 when demonstrators paralysed business districts with sit-ins for several weeks. Economist(Nov 03, 2016) 1 1adj in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area a central position Syn|Ant amidship located in the middle part of a ship or aircraft bicentrichaving two centers bifocalhaving two foci center, halfway, middle, midwayequally distant from the extremes centeredbeing or placed in the center centric, centricalhaving or situated at or near a center focalhaving or localized centrally at a focus medial, medianrelating to or situated in or extending toward the middle middlemost, midmostbeing in the exact middle nuclearconstituting or like a nucleus peripheral on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area circumferentiallying around or just outside the edges or outskirts fringy, marginalat or constituting a border or edge encircling, skirtingbeing all around the edges; enclosing off-baselocated outside a military base 2adj serving as an essential component 2the central cause of the problem Syn cardinal, fundamental, key, primal important, of import of great significance or value n a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication Syn|Hypo|Hyper exchange, telephone exchange centrex (CENTRal EXchange) a kind of telephone exchange patchboard, plugboard, switchboardtelephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords work, workplace a place where work is done |
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