centralize

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate British,English,Oxford,US
  2. To move power to a single, central authority British,English,Oxford,US
  3. To make something focal, the most important British,English,Oxford,US
    — She examines authors Mary Daly and Andrea Dworkin and criticizes the analysis that centralizes all our oppression in sexism.

词形变化

centralizes present,singular,third-person centralizing participle,present centralized participle,past centralized past centralise alternative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der.
Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)der.
Latin centrum
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin centrālisbor.
English central
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English centralize
From central + -ize.
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