| 释义 |
centralize, v.|ˈsɛntrəlaɪz|
Also -ise.
[f. central + -ize, or ad. F. centraliser.]
1. intr. To come together at a centre; to form a centre; to concentrate.
1800Monthly Mag. VIII. 598 A new Popery, or Catholic Patriarchate..which is now to centralise at Mohilow, or Petersburg. 1859Sat. Rev. VIII. 72/1 Art has a tendency to centralize. 1888Harper's Mag. Apr. 764 The eyes..flamed as if the life of the man had centralized and focussed within them.
2. trans. To bring to a centre, locate in a centre, make central; esp. to concentrate (administrative powers) in a single head or centre, instead of distributing them among local departments; to subject to centralization.
1801Dupré Neolog. Fr. Dict. 44 To centralize the welfare by depurating the committees of false patriots. 1834Arnold Let. in Life & Corr. (1844) I. vii. 381 If ever the question of National education comes definitely before the government, I am very desirous of their not ‘centralizing’ too much, but availing themselves of the existing machinery. 1839–48Bailey Festus 30/1 Draw to thy soul, And centralize the rays which are around Of the Divinity. 1874Helps Soc. Press. iv. 59 Business always tends to centralize itself. 1884F. Harrison Choice Bks. (1886) 238 England was centralised earlier than any other European nation. 1885Manch. Exam. 6 July 5/1 The functions that are now centralised in the Government departments in London.
3. To give or assign a centre to.
1851Ruskin Stones Ven. I. i. 22 The transitional style of the Venetian work is centralised by the date 1180. |