center
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
n.
中心；（球队的） 中锋；中心区；中枢
adj.
中央的，位于正中的；（在）中心的；
vt.
集中；使聚集在一点；定中心；居中
vi.
居中，有中心，被置于中心；
变形
复数：centers过去式：centered过去分词：centered现在分词：centering第三人称单数：centers
英英释义
center[ 'sentə ]
n.
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
"it is in the center of town"
同义词：centremiddlehearteye
the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
"he hit the ball to deep center"
同义词：center fieldcenterfield
a building dedicated to a particular activity
"they were raising money to build a new center for research"
同义词：centre
a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
同义词：centremidpoint
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
同义词：kernelsubstancecoreessencegistheartheart and soulinwardnessmarrowmeatnubpithsumnitty-gritty
the object upon which interest and attention focuses
"his stories made him the center of the party"
同义词：center of attention
a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
"in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
同义词：centrenerve centernerve centre
the middle of a military or naval formation
"they had to reinforce the center"
(basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
(football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
"the center fumbled the handoff"
同义词：snapper
a place where some particular activity is concentrated
"they received messages from several centers"
同义词：centre
politically moderate persons; centrists
(ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
同义词：centre
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
同义词：plazamallshopping mallshopping centershopping centre
the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
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"
a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game
v.
center upon
"Her entire attention centered on her children"
同义词：focus oncenter onrevolve aroundrevolve aboutconcentrate on
direct one's attention on something
同义词：concentratefocuscentreporerivet
move into the center
"That vase in the picture is not centered"
同义词：centre
adj.
equally distant from the extremes
同义词：halfwaymiddle(a)midway
of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually
词组短语
research center研究中心
in the center of在中央，在中间
service center服务中心；计算中心
business center商业中心
city center n. 市中心
trade center贸易中心
shopping center商店区，购物中心
training center培训中心；训练中心
machining center加工中心；多工序自动数控机床
control center n. 控制中心；调度室
information center资讯中心；情报中心
distribution center分布中心；配销中心
development center发展中心；显影中心
center on集中在…；以…为中心
at the center of在...中心
call center客户服务中心
financial center金融中心
trading center贸易中心，交易中心
world trade center世界贸易中心（缩写为WTC）
center of gravity重心
同近义词辨析
midst, center, heart, core, middle这组词都有“中心”的意思，其区别是：
midst书面语用词，指在一个群体的深处或在某活动的进程中。
center指三维空间的中心点，也可比喻抽象事物的中心。
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。
middle一般指时间、空间或过程两端间等距的部分。
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
We decided to skirt round the town center.
我们决心绕过市中心。
The President is at the center of a recent scandal over revelation about his financial interests.
总统因近来被揭露涉嫌金融权益问题而成为丑闻的主角。
The center provides facilities for a whole range of leisure activities.
这个中心提供各种娱乐活动设施。
用作动词(v.)
Do women center their lives around the home now?
现在妇女们还以家庭为中心吗?
Their talks always center around politics.
他们的谈话总是围绕著政治。
权威例句
A scalable, commodity data center network architectureVL2: a scalable and flexible data center network
Architecture of the Photosynthetic Oxygen-Evolving Center
Particle mesh Ewald: An N [center-dot] log(N) method for Ewald sums in large systems
THE PREVALENCE OF DRY EYE IN TERTIARY HEALTH CARE CENTER OF ANDHRA PRADESH
Erratum: “Green luminescent center in undoped zinc oxide films deposited on silicon substrates"[Appl. Phys. Lett. 79(7), 943 (2001)]
Patient & Diagnosis History Detail Management System for New Town Medical Center in Ratnapura
ISOPLOT 3.0: A Geochronological Toolkit for Microsoft Excel. Berkeley Geochronology Center Special Publication
Learning curve of uniportal video-assisted lobectomy: analysis of 15-month experience in a single center
The Development of Endoscopic Techniques for Treatment of Walled-Off Pancreatic Necrosis: A Single-Center Experience
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.
1. This can be a challenge, given the spatial limitations of the automobile dashboard, center console, and steering wheel.
在仪表盘、中心控制台和方向盘等空间相对有限的情况下，这是一个挑战。
-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓
2. The reader is cross-referenced to the entry "center".
读者可参见"center"词条。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
3. The user will demand that the tools in his working set be placed front and center in the user interface, easy to find and to remember.
中间用户通常要求这些常用功能中的工具放在用户界面的前端和中心位置，容易寻找和记忆。
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4. They will be staying around on the screen, occupying the front and center location, so they must be extra careful not to waste pixels on anything unnecessary.
非模态对话框也必须特别节约像素，它们驻留在屏幕上，占据前面的中心位置。 所以必须特别小心，在不必要的情况下不要浪费像素。
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5. When a user selects an object, a vertical line extends from the center of the object to the grid.
当用户选择一个对象后，从对象的中心有一条垂直线扩展到网格。
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6. For almost any activity requiring knowledge or skill, if we graph number of people against skill level, a relatively small number of beginners are on the left side, a few experts are on the right, and the majority—intermediate users—are in the center.
对于几乎所有需要知识和技巧的活动来说，如果我们针对不同的熟练程度画出人数曲线，位于曲线左边的新手和位于曲线右边的专家人数都是相对而言较少的，大多数都是位于曲线中间的中间用户。
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7. Most occupants of the beginner end of the curve will either migrate into the center bulge of intermediates, or they will drop off of the graph altogether and find some product or activity in which they can migrate into intermediacy.
位于曲线左端的新手或者会迁移到中间用户的突出部分，或者会在曲线上消失，而发现一些新的产品或者活动——他们能够成为中间用户的那些产品。
-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓
8. The mouse-down event anchors a corner or center of the shape (or its bounding-box), the user drags to stretch out the shape to the desired size and aspect, and the mouse-up event confirms the draw.
鼠标按下的事件就确定了形状的角度或中心（或其边界），用户拖动鼠标可以把图形拉伸到期望的大小和外形，鼠标释放事件则确认这次画图完成。
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9. Exactly the opposite is true for many embedded systems, which are either designed for on-the-go use (handhelds) or are stationary but in a location at the center of public activity (kiosks).
而很多的嵌入设备则恰恰相反，这些系统的使用或者是处于持续移动的状态下（比如手持设备），或者是虽然固定，但却处于公共场所下（比如信息亭）。
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10. Commonly used navigation controls (e.g., play/pause, mute, skip/scan) should be available on the steering wheel (driver use) as well as on the center console (passenger use).
常用的导航控制（例如播放、暂停、静音、跳过及扫描等）应该直接放在方向盘（供驾驶员使用），以及中心控制台上（供乘客使用）。
-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓
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