The topic centers on the crisis in these two countries. 话题以那两个国家的危机为中心。
Beijing is the political and financial center of China. 北京是中国的政治和金融中心。
He moved the table over to the center of the room. 他把桌子移到房间中心。
center
[ noun ]
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
<noun.location> it is in the center of town they ran forward into the heart of the struggle they were in the eye of the storm
the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
<noun.artifact> he hit the ball to deep center
a building dedicated to a particular activity
<noun.artifact> they were raising money to build a new center for research
a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
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the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
<noun.cognition> the gist of the prosecutor's argument the heart and soul of the Republican Party the nub of the story
the object upon which interest and attention focuses
<noun.cognition> his stories made him the center of the party
a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
<noun.body> in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere
the middle of a military or naval formation
<noun.group> they had to reinforce the center
(basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
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(football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
<noun.person> the center fumbled the handoff
a place where some particular activity is concentrated
<noun.location> they received messages from several centers
politically moderate persons; centrists
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(ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
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the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
<noun.food>
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
<noun.artifact> a good plaza should have a movie house they spent their weekends at the local malls
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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(American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play
<noun.act> 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
of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually
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equally distant from the extremes
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Center \Cen"ter\, n. [F. centre, fr. L. centrum, fr. round which a circle is described, fr. ? to prick, goad.] 1. A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or place.
2. The middle or central portion of anything.
3. A principal or important point of concentration; the nucleus around which things are gathered or to which they tend; an object of attention, action, or force; as, a center of attaction.
4. The earth. [Obs.] --Shak.
5. Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who support the existing government. They sit in the middle of the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer, between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See {Right}, and {Left}.
6. (Arch.) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.
7. (Mech.) (a) One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves. (b) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
Note: In a lathe the
{live center} is in the spindle of the head stock; the
{dead center} is on the tail stock.
{Planer centers} are stocks carrying centers, when the object to be planed must be turned on its axis.
{Center of an army}, the body or troops occupying the place in the line between the wings.
{Center of a curve} or {Center of a surface} (Geom.) (a) A point such that every line drawn through the point and terminated by the curve or surface is bisected at the point. (b) The fixed point of reference in polar co["o]rdinates. See {Co["o]rdinates}.
{Center of curvature of a curve} (Geom.), the center of that circle which has at any given point of the curve closer contact with the curve than has any other circle whatever. See {Circle}.
{Center of a fleet}, the division or column between the van and rear, or between the weather division and the lee.
{Center of gravity} (Mech.), that point of a body about which all its parts can be balanced, or which being supported, the whole body will remain at rest, though acted upon by gravity.
{Center of gyration} (Mech.), that point in a rotating body at which the whole mass might be concentrated (theoretically) without altering the resistance of the intertia of the body to angular acceleration or retardation.
{Center of inertia} (Mech.), the center of gravity of a body or system of bodies.
{Center of motion}, the point which remains at rest, while all the other parts of a body move round it.
{Center of oscillation}, the point at which, if the whole matter of a suspended body were collected, the time of oscillation would be the same as it is in the actual form and state of the body.
{Center of percussion}, that point in a body moving about a fixed axis at which it may strike an obstacle without communicating a shock to the axis.
{Center of pressure} (Hydros.), that point in a surface pressed by a fluid, at which, if a force equal to the whole pressure and in the same line be applied in a contrary direction, it will balance or counteract the whole pressure of the fluid.
Center \Cen"ter\, Centre \Cen"tre\, v. t. 1. To place or fix in the center or on a central point. --Milton.
2. To collect to a point; to concentrate.
Thy joys are centered all in me alone. --Prior.
3. (Mech.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
Center \Cen"ter\, Centre \Cen"tre\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Centered} or {Centred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Centering} or {Centring}.] 1. To be placed in a center; to be central.
2. To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest on, or gather about, as a center.
Where there is no visible truth wherein to center, error is as wide as men's fancies. --Dr. H. More.
Our hopes must center in ourselves alone. --Dryden.
In one commercial, it focuses on Mazda's "telemetry" center, where scientists monitor a driver's pulse rate and heartbeat, among other vital signs, to ascertain how driving a Mazda feels.
A man who said he contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion during heart surgery was awarded $3.9 million by a jury which found a blood center negligent for not screening blood donors.
He was an exceptional man and someone I looked up to personally," said Josiah Spaulding, who heads the center.
In less than a month, the developer has announced two property deals that would put him in command of a lucrative five-block area in the center of the Boardwalk.
In 1985, Illinois was the center of a massive Midwest salmonella outbreak in which more than 16,000 cases were confirmed.
This was triggered by the savings-and-loan crisis and growing investor fears about money center banks, as many banks pulled back from issuing higher and higher interest rates.
The University of Pittsburgh center, which now has a Cray X/MP-48 supercomputer, has agreed to trade in that machine for Cray's new Y/MP-832 machine, which Cray says is the world's most powerful computer.
Ms. Cardoso died Monday at the Bambina medical center in Rio de Janeiro, a clinic spokesman said.
Haagen has its own large security force of well-trained and well-paid personnel on round-the-clock duty at each center.
About 400 people marched through the center of Rome in a commemoration organized by Italy's tiny, maverick Radical Party.
The new system is to be introduced in 1992 when it is scheduled to be installed at the FAA's air traffic control center in Seattle.
Soviet and Swiss authorities have agreed to establish a joint-venture management school and research center in Kiev, it was announced Monday.
Abbott Laboratories said a preliminary injunction enjoining it from selling several products at the center of a patent dispute with Eli Lilly & Co.'s Hybritech Inc. unit won't have a significant impact on future sales or earnings.
Two employees of the center were indicted earlier this year by a Rhode Island grand jury on charges of sexual abuse.
And in Los Angeles, the downtown INS center ran out of required fingerprint forms for 3 1/2 hours.
The center, attached to the hospital's adolescent unit, began receiving patients in October.
Wojciech Szymborski, a party propaganda department employee manning the coalition's Warsaw campaign center, says that is because the party wanted to let the people decide.
As part of his research for the role of Lincoln in the NBC mini-series, "Gore Vidal's Lincoln" in March 1988, Sam Waterston spent two days at the folklife center listening to 1940s recordings of natives of the Smoky Mountains.
If Poland had equipment using Western microprocessors, the whole operation could fit into a single room, said Janusz Cienecki, the engineer in charge of the center.
Two weeks ago, the brokerage opened an 80,000-square-foot call-handling center in Denver.
A federal Marine Mammal Commission probe found no major problems with the center's program or dolphin deaths in the past 13 months. That probe was initiated because of reports in 1988 that 13 dolphins in the Navy had died between 1986 and 1988.
Flood and rain damage to homes, crops, highways and bridges has caused losses the counter-disaster center estimated at $12 million.
More than a half dozen tornadoes accompanying the hurricane hit the Brownsville area today in advance of the center of the storm, blowing over at least two homes and injuring one person, a boy who suffered a minor head wound.
He indicated that more female investigators should be assigned to the Orlando training center.
The government's health control center reported 16,813 new cases of diarrhea Wednesday, bringing the total of known cases across the country to 119,822 since Aug. 27.
One analyst said he would not be surprised to see another money center bank cut its dividend by year's end and two or three do so next year.
These books are often found on tables in the center of book stores with tags that proclaim markdowns of more than 50%.
Although Buffalo Bill's name was stricken from the Medal of Honor roll in February 1917, one month after he died, the medal itself was never recalled and remains in the historical center.
Inside the Yamanote train line, which forms a loop in the city's center, two-story wooden houses are being torn down and replaced by expensive condominiums.
A report from a substance abuse treatment center at St. John's Hospital in Salina states that Braun first got drunk at age 13 and first smoked marijuana at 15.