centralize verb
also British centralise /ˈsɛntrəˌlaɪz/ centralizes; centralized; centralizing
also British centralise /ˈsɛntrəˌlaɪz/ centralizes; centralized; centralizing
Learner's definition of CENTRALIZE
[+ object]
1
: to bring (things that are in different places) together at a single point or place(使)集中于 -
The city's hospitals hope to centralize [=consolidate] medical records in a single database.这个城市的医院都希望将病历统一保存在一个数据库里。
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All shipping operations have been centralized at the Miami office.航运业务全都集中在迈阿密办事处办理。
2
: to bring (something) under the control of one authority集权控制;使集权 — opposite decentralize — centralization
also British centralisation /ˌsɛntrələˈzeɪʃən/ Brit /ˌsɛntrəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ noun [noncount]