| 单词 | centre |
| 释义 | centre centre (AmE spelling center) // noun, adjective
■ noun [C]
ASSESSMENT CENTRE, BUSINESS CENTRE, BUYING CENTRE, CALL CENTRE, CONTACT CENTRE, COST CENTRE, DATA CENTRE, DISTRIBUTION CENTRE, ENTERPRISE CENTRE, LEISURE CENTRE, PROFIT CENTRE, SERVICE CENTRE, SHOPPING CENTRE
1 a building or place used for a particular purpose or activity: He's the director of the company's research centre. She's a researcher at the Centre for International Studies.
2 a place where a lot of business activity takes place: London is a centre for international finance. New York is a world financial centre.
a commercial/economic/financial/industrial centre
3 (especially BrE) (AmE usually downtown [U,C]) the main part of a town or city where there are a lot of shops/stores and offices: Most of our stores are situated in the city/town centre. the centre of town
■ adjective
IDIOMS
take centre stage to be considered the most important subject, person, etc. at a particular time: Manufacturing techniques took centre stage at the conference. |
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