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

• This Picasso painting will be the centrepiece when the museum opens.
  博物馆开馆时，毕加索的这幅画将成为焦点。
• But it is clear that exploration will continue to be the centrepiece of the global space policy and I am sure that in the next 40 years we will probably come back to the moon.
  但很明显，全球太空政策的中心仍将是探测，我相信，未来40年，我们可能会再次登月。
• The ninth stone must integrate into this Wraith centrepiece.
  第九块碑石的位置一定是在中间。
• He must rely on Republican support to salvage the centrepiece of his economic diplomacy.
  他必须依靠共和党的支持来挽救其经济外交的核心议程。
• 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。
• The 302 events across 28 sports will take place in 37 venues, 12 of them new, the centrepiece being the architecturally stunning 80,000-seater Olympic stadium, nicknamed the Bird's Nest.
  本届奥运会28个项目的302场比赛将在37个场馆举行，其中12个是新建的，核心场馆是建筑上引人惊叹的奥林匹克体育场&俗称鸟巢，有8万个座位。
• Jurong Island, the centrepiece of Singapore's chemical industry, is a self-contained hub with a vast network of infrastructure and supporting industries.
  裕廊岛是新加坡的化工产业中心，是一个设备齐全的枢纽，拥有完善的基础设施和辅助行业网络。
• 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。
• This strong global trend, where the home advances to become a social centrepiece, is known as homing.
  这种强劲的全球趋势，其中家庭的进步，成为一个社会的核心，是已知的归巢。
• 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。