in AM, use 美国英语用 center
1 N-COUNT [oft in names] (会议、活动、服务等的)中心 A centre is a building where people have meetings, take part in a particular activity, or get help of some kind. (会议、活动、服务等的)中心
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We went to a party at the leisure centre.
我们去休闲中心参加一个聚会。
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She now also does pottery classes at a community centre.
她现在还在社区中心上陶艺课。
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...the National Exhibition Centre.
国家展览中心
2 N-COUNT (工业、活动等的)中心 If an area or town is a centre for an industry or activity, that industry or activity is very important there. (工业、活动等的)中心
3 N-COUNT [usually singular] 中心;中央;中部 The centre of something is the middle of it. 中心;中央;中部
SYN middle, heart, focus, mid [archaic]
4 N-COUNT [usually singular] (市镇的)商业中心，闹市区，繁华地带 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. (市镇的)商业中心，闹市区，繁华地带
5 N-COUNT [usually singular] 中心;核心 If something or someone is at the centre of a situation, they are the most important thing or person involved. 中心;核心
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...the man at the centre of the controversy. [+ of]
处于争论焦点的人
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At the centre of the inquiry has been concern for the pensioners involved. [+ of]
调查的核心一直是对于牵涉其中的领取养老金者的关注。
6 N-COUNT [usually singular] (关注的)中心，焦点;中心人物 If someone or something is the centre of attention or interest, people are giving them a lot of attention. (关注的)中心，焦点;中心人物
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The rest of the cast was used to her being the centre of attention. [+ of]
她总是人们关注的焦点，其他演职人员对此已经习以为常。
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The centre of attraction was Pierre Auguste Renoir's oil painting. [+ of]
最吸引人注意的是皮埃尔·奥古斯特·雷诺阿的油画。
7 N-SING [oft NOUN n] (政党)中间派，中立派 In politics, the centre refers to groups and their beliefs, when they are considered to be neither left-wing nor right-wing. (政党)中间派，中立派
8 VERB 将…放在正中央 If you centre something, you move it so that it is at the centre of something else. 将…放在正中央 [Also VERB n]
9 V-ERG （使）以…为中心;（使）注意力集中于 If something centres or is centred on a particular thing or person, that thing or person is the main subject of attention. （使）以…为中心;（使）注意力集中于 [Also V n on/around n]
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...a plan which centred on academic achievement and personal motivation. [V + on/around]
重点强调学术成就和个人兴趣的计划
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All his concerns were centred around himself rather than Rachel. [V on/around n]
他所关心的全是他自己，而不是雷切尔。
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When working with patients, my efforts are centred on helping them to overcome illness. [be V-ed + on/around]
在治疗过程中，我的主要精力是帮助病人战胜疾病。
10 V-ERG (使)主要发生在；（使）集中于 If an industry or event is centred in a place, or if it centres there, it takes place to the greatest extent there. (使)主要发生在；（使）集中于
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The fighting has been centred around the town of Vucovar. [be VERB-ed prep.]
战斗主要集中在武科瓦尔镇周围。
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The disturbances have centred round the two main university areas. [VERB prep.]
骚乱主要发生在两所大学附近的区域。
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Between 100 and 150 travellers' vehicles were scattered around the county, with the largest gathering centred on Ampfield. [VERB-ed]
大约100到150辆旅游车分散在这个县里，其中数量最多的一拨集中在安帕菲尔德。
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
| Word Partnership | Use centre with: |
| N. | adult education centre, research centre 1 centre of a circle 3 city/town centre 4 centre of attention 6 |
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