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单词 centrepiece
释义
centrepiece
noun[C]
UK(UScenterpiece)
uk
/ˈsen.tə.piːs/us
/ˈsen.t̬ɚ.piːs/

centrepiecenoun[C](IMPORTANT PART)

the mostimportantorattractivepartorfeatureof something:
最重要的部分；最吸引人的部分
Thereductionofcrimelevelsis the centrepieceofthe president'sdomesticpolicies.降低犯罪率是总统国内政策的重中之重。
The centrepieceoftheshoppingcentreis agiantfountain.购物中心的中心装饰是一座巨大的喷泉。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Important and essential things
  • -based
  • amenity
  • bare
  • be-all
  • big league
  • focal point
  • foreground
  • fulcrum
  • grandaddy
  • heavyweight
  • hot button
  • imperative
  • keynote
  • need
  • nexus
  • nub
  • nucleus
  • precondition
  • the grandaddy ofsomethingidiom
  • the name of the gameidiom
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centrepiecenoun[C](DECORATION)

adecorativeobjectput in thecentreof atable,especiallyfor aformalmeal
（尤指正式宴会摆放在餐桌上的）中央装饰品
picture of centrepiece
Carolyn Ann Ryan/Moment/GettyImages
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Table linen & accessories
  • creamer
  • cruet
  • doily
  • linen
  • manchester
  • mat
  • napkin
  • napkin ring
  • pepper pot
  • salt cellar
  • salt shaker
  • serviette
  • table linen
  • table mat
  • tablecloth
(Definition ofcentrepiecefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcentrepiece

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For the same reason, however, it may be difficult to make this approach thecentrepieceof a constructive nation-wide youth unemployment policy.
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Thecentrepieceof the new colonial dispensation, the territorial councils, remained forums of debate without power, elected on limited and discriminatory franchises.
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Thecentrepieceof the room was a long mahogany table.
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Balancing policy convergence and institutional diversity is thecentrepieceof the new employment strategy.
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Thecentrepieceof the argument is the suggestion that land holdings are positively associated with income, caloric intake and food security.
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The analysis of the emergence of a marketplace for knowledge should be thecentrepiecein any current theory of economic development.
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It was acentrepieceor stage for public spectacle with the high masses and vast congregations.
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Thecentrepieceof the book is the evaluation of the control strategies of the three sample countries (chapters 4-6).
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Belief that the universe is designed was thecentrepieceof a philosophy of nature that modern science has abandoned.
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Thecentrepieceof the design was the bank of 200 functions of time.
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His rejection of the identification of throne and altar - thecentrepieceof restoration ideology - made him an object of suspicion in high circles.
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The intention is to take the model ascentrepiece, working outward towards a series of displays including artefacts about the city's industrial and social life.
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Although presented in the final chapter, this last set of analyses is thecentrepieceof the book and is possibly its most significant contribution to the field.
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The plan included the building of streets and regulating traffic, clearing the beach from existing edifices, such as the public baths, but itscentrepiecewas the promenade.
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The deceased are thecentrepiece.
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