core
noun OPAL W
/kɔː(r)/
/kɔːr/
Idioms - the most important or central part of something
最重要的部分；核心；要点；精髓 - This report goes to the core of the argument.
这篇报道直指争论的核心。 - Dutch paintings form the core of the collection.
荷兰油画构成了这组藏品的核心部分。 - at the core of something Concern for the environment is at the core of our policies.
对环境的关注是我们政策的核心。 - Our need for love lies at the very core of our being.
我们对爱的需求是我们存在的核心。 - She claimed the original six countries of the EU constituted an inner core within the larger union.
她声称欧盟最初的六个国家构成了更大联盟的核心。 - None of the characters really gives the film an emotional core.
没有一个角色真正赋予这部电影情感核心。
Extra Examples- A new spirit welled up from the very core of the nation.
这个民族的中坚分子中涌现出一种新的精神。 - At the core of our convictions is belief in individual liberty.
我们信仰的核心就是相信个人自由。 - There was a hollow core of sadness inside me.
我的内心有一个空洞的悲伤。 - These ideas formed the core of his philosophy.
这些思想构成了他哲学体系的核心。 - This is seen as the central core of the government's policy.
这被认为是政府政策的核心。 - We want to get to the core of the problem.
我们想谈谈这个问题的核心。 - a common core of shared understanding about law and government
对法律和政府之相同理解的共同核心 - the emotional core of her music
她的音乐的情感核心 - This was a man he detested from the core of his heart.
这是一个他从心底里厌恶的男人。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hollow
- dense
- solid
- …
- form
- make up
- surround
- …
- at something’s core
- to the core
- the earth’s core
- This report goes to the core of the argument.
- the central part of an object
（物体的）中心部分 - the earth’s core
地核 - the core of a nuclear reactor
核反应堆的活性区 - The standards of housing and education are often lower in the older urban cores (= the centres of towns or cities).
老城市核心区（即城镇中心）的住房和教育标准往往较低。
Extra Examples- heat from the earth's core
来自地核的热量 - Each fibre has a hollow core trapping still air and aiding warmth.
每一根纤维都有一个空心，留存静止的空气，有助保暖。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hollow
- dense
- solid
- …
- form
- make up
- surround
- …
- at something’s core
- to the core
- the earth’s core
- the earth’s core
- the hard central part of a fruit such as an apple, that contains the seeds
enlarge image（水果的）果心，核儿 - an apple core
苹果核
- an apple core
- the muscles of the lower back and stomach area which help you to maintain good balance, etc.
核心肌群（下背和腹部肌肉，起平衡身体作用） - Your posture will improve as your core becomes stronger.
当你的核心变得更强时，你的姿势将会改善。
- Your posture will improve as your core becomes stronger.
- a small group of people who take part in a particular activity
（参加某项活动的）一小群人 - He gathered a small core of advisers around him.
他的周围聚集了一帮谋士。
see also hard core, soft-core - He gathered a small core of advisers around him.
Word OriginMiddle English: of unknown origin.
Idioms
to the core
- so that the whole of a thing or a person is affected
直至核心；十足；透顶 - She was shaken to the core by the news.
这消息使她大为震惊。 - He's a politician to the core (= in all his attitudes and actions).
他是个十足的政客。
- She was shaken to the core by the news.