首页英语词典centercenter的意思

center

英美['sɛntɚ]

英英释义同义词辨析考试真题实用场景例句

近义词hub core nucleus heart middle

n. 中心，中央；中锋；中心点
vi. 居中，被置于中心
vt. 集中，使聚集在一点；定中心
adj. 中央的，位在正中的
n. (Center)人名；(英)森特

CET4TEM4核心词汇

词态变化

复数: centers;第三人称单数: centers;过去式: centered;过去分词: centered;现在分词: centering;

中文词源

center 中心

来自PIE*kent, 刺，词根ac的现在分词，词源同acid, cone, amniocentesis(羊膜穿刺术). 原指圆规的固定点，中心点。

英英释意

1. 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"

2. the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher;: "he hit the ball to deep center"

3. a building dedicated to a particular activity;: "they were raising money to build a new center for research"

4. a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

5. 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"

6. the object upon which interest and attention focuses;: "his stories made him the center of the party"

7. a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process;: "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"

8. the middle of a military or naval formation;: "they had to reinforce the center"

9. (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team

10. (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback;: "the center fumbled the handoff"

11. a place where some particular activity is concentrated;: "they received messages from several centers"

12. politically moderate persons; centrists

13. (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team

14. the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering

15. 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"

16. the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game

17. 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"

18. a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the center jump to start the game

英文词源

center (n.): late 14c., "middle point of a circle; point round which something revolves," from Old French centre (14c.), from Latin centrum "center," originally fixed point of the two points of a drafting compass, from Greek kentron "sharp point, goad, sting of a wasp," from kentein "stitch," from PIE root *kent- "to prick" (cognates: Breton kentr "a spur," Welsh cethr "nail," Old High German hantag "sharp, pointed").

Figuratively from 1680s. Meaning "the middle of anything" attested from 1590s. Spelling with -re popularized in Britain by Johnson's dictionary (following Bailey's), though -er is older and was used by Shakespeare, Milton, and Pope. Center of gravity is recorded from 1650s. Center of attention is from 1868.
center (v.): 1590s, "to concentrate at a center," from center (n.). Related: Centered; centering. Meaning "to rest as at a center" is from 1620s. Sports sense of "to hit toward the center" is from 1890. To be centered on is from 1713. In combinations, -centered is attested by 1958.

同义词辨析

center, middle, heart, core, midst

这些名词均含有"中心"之意。

center：指三维空间的中心点，也可比喻抽象事物的中心。

middle：一般指时间、空间或过程两端间等距的部分。

heart：指事物最内部或最重要的部分，表地理位置时可与center换用。

core：指某事物固定的中心部分或最重要的核心部分。比喻意义指某物的精华。

midst：书面语用词，指在一个群体的深处或在某活动的进程中。

考试真题

Urbanization – migration away from the suburbs and to the city center – will be the biggest real estate trend in 2015, according to a new report.

After that, survey respondents disagree over whether this generation will follow in their parents' footsteps, moving to the suburbs to raise families, or will choose to remain in the city center.

Researchers from the University of Connecticut Health Center asked the residents a large number of questions about their quality of life, emotional well-being and social interaction, as well as about the quality of the facilities.

Take our Center for Teaching Excellence.

Contrary to its title, the center is a clearing house ( ' , 信息交流中心) for using technology in classrooms and in online courses.

According to a new study from Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab, small nonfood rewards—like the toys in McDonald's Happy Meals—stimulate the same reward centers in the brain as food does.

As far back as 1995, articles in medical journals and the establishment of a Pennsylvania treatment center for overusers generated interest in the subject.

The website for Orzack's center lists the following among the psychological symptoms of computer addiction: Having a sense of well-being (幸福) or excitement while at the computer

They include the Center for Internet Addiction Recovery and the Center for Internet Behavior.

Yeah, but that only leaves me 30 minutes to clear customs in getting to the city center and (13) it means I have to check in by 5:30, which means leaving home at about 4:

The project is a growing one and is spread from the park to the school and the shopping center.

Have you finished that painting for the new student center?

The weekly school meeting is at the center of the way sun school is orgnized

Lewis had to take a taxi to visit the city garage far from the city center.

When people care for an elderly relative, they often do not use available community services such as adult daycare centers.

He hires children to distribute ads in shopping centers

Adult day-care centers are easily accessible.

A previous Pew Research Center analysis projected that as many as one-in-four of today's young adults may never marry.

According to a new Pew Research Center survey on women and leadership, most Americans find women indistinguishable from men on key leadership traits such as intelligence and capacity for innovation, with many saying they're stronger than men in terms of b

Contrary to its title, the center is a clearing house (信息交流中心) for using technology in classrooms and in online courses.

Gazing down on the city from the Getty Center, an art museum in the Santa Monica Mountains, one would find the view of the Pacific Ocean blurred by the haze.

In the center of the main road, there's a long line of flags of the world.

I've got a second interview with that big foreign accountancy firm in the city center.

The center of American automobile innovation has in the past decade moved 2, 000 miles away.

The medical center and school at Loma Linda also has a food cupboard and kitchen for patients.

Well-off families are ruled by calendars, with children enrolled in ballet, soccer and after-school programs, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

If you look at a lot of low-income communities in the United States, there are programs that are serving them, but they're primarily centered around ‘Let's get these kids' grades up,' and not around ‘Let's get these kids access to the same kinds of opportunities as more-affluent kids,' said Daniel Zaharopol, the founder and executive director of the program.

My own research at the Stanford Center on Adolescence uses in-depth interviews with small samples of youngsters rather than large-scale surveys.

It is regarded as the center of a modern home.

In October 2000, the same month the survey was taken, the Washington-based Center for Media and Public Affairs wrote in its publication Media Monitor that, in a recent month of TV news coverage of American youth, just 2% of teens were shown at home, and just 1% were portrayed in a work setting.

In a report published by the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale university, researchers studied 100 professional athletes and their endorsement contracts.

Students are placed in small groups with counselors ( ' , trained seniors on campus); they have access to cultural and ethnic affinity ( ' , 联系 ) groups, tutoring centers and also have a summer orientation specifically for first-generation students ( ' , the latter being one of the most common programs for students).

President Barack Obama declared in a speech last month to the Center for American Progress.

It was this lack of information that prompted the launch of I'm First in 2013, originally as an arm of its umbrella organization, the Center For Student Opportunity.

As American research universities begin to resemble profit centers and entertainment complexes, it's easy to lose sight of their primary mission; to produce and spread knowledge.

When the Pew Research Center recently asked American parents to identify their"ideal"life arrangement,47 percent of mothers said they would prefer to work park-time and 20percent said they would prefer not to work at all.

The question you are supposed to write about may seem outside the self, but the theme of the essay should center around its impact on you.

Thirst grows for living unplugged More people are taking breaks from the connected life amid the stillness and quiet of retreats like the Jesuit Center in Wernersville, Pennsylvania

His ideas forced a reexamination of the early leadership paradigm (范例), which he observed centered on traits found in the character ethic and the personality ethic.

A new study from the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University shows that today's youth vote in larger numbers than previous generations, and a 2008 study from the Center for American Progress adds that increasing numbers of young voters and activists support traditionally liberal causes.

In a study of older people with sisters and brothers, psychologist Debra Gold of the Duke Center for the study of aging and human development found that about 20% said they were hostile or indifferent to ward their sisters and brothers.

The man is going to renew his membership in a fitness center.

The shopping center is flooded with people.

Many hospitals and centers help patients cope.

Director of the Advanced Tissue Biofabrication Center in the Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology at the medical university, Mironov now primarily conducts research on tissue engineering, or growing, of human organs.

The man plays center on the basketball team.

"This study shows the importance of so-called non-cognitive' or soft skills in contributing to children's positive peer relationships, which, in turn, contribute to their academic success,"said Kenneth Dodge, director of the Duke Center for Child and Fami

40Currently, Patagonia repairs about 40,000 garments a year in their Reno, Nevada, service center.

A robot's appearance affects its ability to successfully interact with humans, which is why the riKEN-Tri Collaboration Center for Human-Interactive Robot Research decided to develop a robotic nurse that looks like a huge teddy bear.

According to social psychologist Brian Nosek, executive director of the Center for Open Science, the average data-sharing rate for the journal Psychological Science, which uses the badges, increased tenfold to % from 2013 to 2015.

In October 2000, the same month the survey was taken, the Washington-based Center for Media and Public Affairs wrote in its publication Media Monitor that, in a recent month of TV news coverage of American youth, just 2% of teens were shown at home, and j

It was this lack of information that prompted the launch of I'm first in 2013, originally as an arm of its umbrella organization, the Center For Student Opportunity.

They were confined to the university or research center where they worked.

A thoughtful official passed on some of the copies to the park authorities on the assumption that they might make a nice blow-up for one of the visitors' centers.

All across the country, recovery centers have begun building healing gardens.

And how often will you use the center?

But it's also that he rewrote the culture of literature and put himself at the center.

Find your adventure at the space and aviation center.

I'd like some information about your sports center.

If you're looking for a unique adventure, the Space and Aviation Center (SAC) is the place to be.

It is the center of an important industry in the everyday lives of the British people.

Life for ancient people seemed to center on hunting and gathering wild foods for meals.

Look, I can send you the information about the center.

Next, cover the hole with the plastic sheet, securing the edges of the plastic with dirt and weighting the sheet's center down with a rock.

Now, in the second picture, you can see how tea is tasted in the tea trade center before it is sold.

On what days is the sports center closed?

Since 1962 pacific science center has been inspiring a passion for discovery and lifelong learning in science, math and technology.

So, I was killing my time at home until June 2012 when I discovered the online computer courses of your training center.

So, what do you think of the new shopping center?

Stephanie Dutkiewicz, a scientist in MIT's center for global change science, built a climate model that projects changes to the oceans throughout the century.

Tanis wrote this letter in order to show how grateful she was to the center.

The café is located upstairs in building 1 and is open daily until one hour before pacific science center closes.

The center offers programs designed to challenge and inspire with hands-on tasks and lots of fun.

The low point of the sheet must be centered directly over, and no more than three inches above, the cup.

They are eager to have a shopping center.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, nearly 80 percent of college students end up changing their majors at least once.

Britain is setting up a data ethics center.

This argument has attracted a lot of attention, via the success of the book Race Against the Machine, by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee, who both hail from MTI's Center for Digital Business.

实用场景例句

Nevertheless it is nice to see camels here alongside the horses.: 然而,能够看到骑兵和马匹一起也是一件非常不错的事情.

The batter skied to the center fielder.: 击球手打出一个高飞球到中外野手.

The city has developed into a center of industry.: 这座城市已经发展成为一个工业中心。

The center of these glands manufactures adrenaline.: 这些腺的中心分泌肾上腺素.

The teacher told his pupils to spread out and not to bunch up in the center of the playground.: 老师要学生们散开,不要挤在操场中间.

He is always playing at center.: 他一直踢中锋.

There was a shopping center that drew its customers from the neighbo ( u ) ring communities.: 那里有一个吸引附近社区顾客的购物中心.

He is the center of this event.: 他是这次事件的核心人物.

The entire metropolitan center possessed a high and mighty air calculated to overawe and abash the common applicant.: 整个市中心区有着一种高傲的神气,好像故意要让一些前来寻找职业的普通人感到惶恐不安.

This happened in the center of operations.: 这事发生在演习的过程中.

A heavy car with a low center of gravity will hug the road.: 重心低的载重汽车会在路面上平稳行驶.

Do women center their lives around the home now?: 现在妇女们还以家庭为中心吗 ?

The earliest originator was Dr. Giterman who worked at the British Rehabilitation Center for the Disabled.: 最早的发起人是在英国残疾康复中心工作的吉特曼博士.

It's almost ten miles from here to the civic center.: 从这儿到市中心差不多有十英里.

A circle without a center is inconceivable.: 一个没有圆心的圆是不可思议的.

The building is located in a business center.: 该大楼位于商业中心.

He doesn't want to step back from the center of things.: 他不想退居无足轻重的地位.

the University Advisement Center: 大学咨询中心

Draw a line down that page's center.: 沿那一页的中心画一条竖线。

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。

The Leisure Center is a long and low modern building.: 休闲中心是一座狭长而低矮的现代建筑。

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。

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。

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。

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。

Just plop the noodles over the center of the sauce.: 把面条轻放在调味汁中间就行了。

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。

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。

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。