center
- v.居中;集中，把……聚集在
- n.篮球中锋，中场手;中心，中心区，中央，中枢，核心，（议会等的）中间派，中心站（或场，所），中线
- adj.中点的
复数： centers 过去式： centered 现在分词： centering 过去分词： centered 第三人称单数： centers
centernoun
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- a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game
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- (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play
- it is a center's responsibility to get the football to the quarterback
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- the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
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- a building dedicated to a particular activity
- they were raising money to build a new center for research
- Synonym: centre
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- the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
- he hit the ball to deep center
- Synonym: center field centerfield
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- mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers;usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area;a modern version of the traditional marketplace
- a good plaza should have a movie house
- they spent their weekends at the local malls
- Synonym: plaza mall shopping mall shopping center shopping centre
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- a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
- in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere
- Synonym: centre nerve center nerve centre
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- the object upon which interest and attention focuses
- his stories made him the center of the party
- Synonym: centre center of attention centre of attention
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- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- the gist of the prosecutor's argument
- the heart and soul of the Republican Party
- the nub of the story
- Synonym: kernel substance core centre essence gist heart heart and soul inwardness marrow meat nub pith sum nitty-gritty
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- the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
- Synonym: centre
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- politically moderate persons;centrists
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- the middle of a military or naval formation
- they had to reinforce the center
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- a place where some particular activity is concentrated
- they received messages from several centers
- Synonym: centre
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- a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
- Synonym: centre midpoint
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- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- it is in the center of town
- they ran forward into the heart of the struggle
- they were in the eye of the storm
- Synonym: centre middle heart eye
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- (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
- the center fumbled the handoff
- Synonym: snapper
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- (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
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- (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
verb
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- direct one's attention on something
- Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies
- Synonym: concentrate focus centre pore rivet
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- move into the center
- That vase in the picture is not centered
- Synonym: centre
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- center upon
- Her entire attention centered on her children
- Our day revolved around our work
- Synonym: focus on center on revolve around revolve about concentrate on
adj
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- of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually
数据来源：WordNet
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Transform function of the ring is different from the center ring .
偏置的导电环的传递函数与居中刻度环的传递函数具有不一样的特性。
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This object is used to center the map .
该对象用于使地图居中。
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The Leisure Center is a long and low modern building .
休闲中心是一个狭长而低矮的现代建筑。
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Fires were burning out of control in the center of the city
市中心的火势失去了控制。
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Draw a line down that page 's center .
沿那一页的中心画一条竖线。
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Volunteers constitute more than 95 % of The Center 's work force .
该中心95%以上的工作人员是志愿者。
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The flag was red , with a large white circle in the center
旗子是红色的，中央有个白色大圆圈。
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Some students today blocked a highway that cuts through the center of the city
今天一些学生堵塞了一条贯穿市中心的公路。
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The discussion centered around four subjects .
讨论围绕4个主题展开。
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The company has struck gold with its new holiday development , Center Parcs .
该公司凭借其新开发的“中央公园”度假村而赚了个盆满钵满。
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He is currently being held in a metropolitan correctional center .
他现在被关在一个大城市的改造中心。
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I started by asking how many day-care centers were located in the United States
我一开始先问了问美国有多少所日托中心。
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Daly kept this school open after hours so it doubled as a community center .
戴利在学生放学后继续开放学校，把它兼作社区中心。
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He put the pile of chips in the center of the table and drew a card .
他将一堆筹码堆在桌子中间，抽了一张牌。
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They ran to the center of the tent to take their bows .
他们跑到帐篷中央鞠躬致意。
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At the center of the dial is a piece of smoky glass
表盘的中央是一块烟灰色的玻璃。
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The Hurricane Center warns people not to take the threat of tropical storms lightly
飓风中心警告人们，不要对热带风暴的危险掉以轻心。
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Ten years ago today the US Center for Disease Control published the first faint warnings of a worldwide epidemic .
10年前的今天，美国疾病控制中心敷衍其事地发出了第一份警告：一场世界范围的流行病可能会出现。
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Her center is typical of many across the country — a non-profit organization that cares for about 50 children .
她的中心照顾着大约50名儿童，是全国众多非营利机构的典型代表。
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Indianapolis beat out nearly 100 other cities as the site for a huge United Airlines maintenance center
印第安纳波利斯从近百座城市中胜出，成为美国联合航空公司大型维护中心所在地。
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He had been denied what he believed to be his rightful position at the center of things
他被拒绝了他认为原应属于自己的中心地位。
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The center is staffed with highly trained physicians
该中心配备了训练有素的医生。
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Since war broke out , the phones at donation centers have been ringing off the hook .
自从战争爆发以来，捐赠中心的电话就一直响个不停。
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Hundreds of thousands of people have crowded into the center of the Lithuanian capital , Vilnius
几十万人涌入立陶宛首都维尔纽斯的市中心。
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Just plop the noodles over the center of the sauce
把面条轻放在调味汁中间就行了。
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Osage Beach has shopping centers , factory outlet stores , and small shops with country crafts and antiques .
欧塞奇比奇有购物中心、工厂直销店以及出售乡村手工艺品和古玩的小店。
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A new road will direct lorries away from the town center .
一条新的道路将把卡车从镇中心疏导开去。
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The heart is located roughly in the center of the chest cavity .
心脏大致位于胸腔的中央。
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The diameter of a circle must go through the center .
圆的直径必相交于圆心。
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The Fifth Avenue is a famous shopping center in new york .
第五大街是纽约著名的购物中心。