centrepiece

英 [ˈsentəpiːs]

美 [ˈsentərpiːs]

n.  最重要的项目(或物品); 桌子中央的装饰品

复数：centrepieces　

Collins.1 / BNC.13948

牛津词典

noun

• 最重要的项目（或物品）
  the most important item
  1. This treaty is the centrepiece of the government's foreign policy.
     这个条约是政府外交政策最重要的一环。
• 桌子中央的装饰品
  a decoration for the centre of a table

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 centerpiece


• N-COUNT 最好(或最有趣)的部分;精华
  Thecentrepiece ofsomething is the best or most interesting part of it.
  1. The centrepiece of the plan is the idea of regular referendums, initiated by voters.
     这个计划的亮点是选民们动议的定期举行公民投票。
• (尤指餐桌的)中心装饰品
  Acentrepieceis an ornament which you put in the middle of something, especially a dinner table.

英英释义

noun

• something placed at the center of something else (as on a table)
  Synonym:centerpiece
• the central or most important feature
  1. education was the centerpiece of the Democratic Party's political platform
  Synonym:centerpiece

双语例句

• The Palace is very much a working building and the centrepiece of Britain's constitutional monarchy.
  故宫是一个很有工作和建设的中心，英国的君主立宪制。
• But the euro exists, and it embodies European integration, which is the centrepiece of postwar European politics.
  但欧元已经存在，它承载着战后欧洲政治的核心欧洲一体化。
• The centrepiece should be a 100m global research and development collaboration to help fund programmes with target countries on particular themes, such as clean energy in China or climate science in India.
  核心措施应该是拿出1亿英镑全球研发合作资金，资助与目标国家进行的特定主题项目，如中国的清洁能源项目或印度的气候科学项目。
• Meanwhile, John Edwards, the former senator, has made "eliminating poverty within 30 years" a centrepiece of his left-leaning campaign, which stresses the problems of inequality in the US.
  同时，前参议员约翰爱德华兹（johnedwards）已将“30年内消除贫困”作为其左倾竞选活动的核心，这突显出美国不平等问题的严重程度。
• Pale pink roses signify friendship, so they can make the centrepiece of a meaningful birthday bouquet.
  淡粉色玫瑰代表友谊，可以作为生日花束的主花。
• China has high expectations for the CNGI, which has become a centrepiece of the country's plans to cut reliance on foreign companies for core technologies.
  中国对CNGI寄予很高的期望，它已成为国家诸多计划的中心环节，这些计划旨在改变核心技术依赖外国公司的状况。
• The reduction of crime levels is the centrepiece of the president's domestic policies.
  总统国内政策的中心是减少犯罪。
• Marriage is no longer the centrepiece of women's lives, she said.
  她说婚姻不再是妇女生活的中心了。
• Bank lending quotas, which have been the centrepiece of recent tightening initiatives, have now been relaxed.
  作为近期从紧政策中心环节的银行贷款限制目前已经放松。
• The ninth stone must integrate into this Wraith centrepiece.
  第九块碑石的位置一定是在中间。