1795, "to bring to a center;" 1800, "come to a center," from central + -ize, on model of French centraliser (1790). A word from the French Revolution. Related: Centralized; centralizing.
Government should have a central point throughout its whole periphery. The state of the monthly expences amounted to four hundred millions; but within these seven months, it is reduced to one hundred and eighty millions. Such is the effect of the centralization of government; and the more we centralize it, the more we shall find our expenses decrease. [Saint-Just, "Discourse on the State of the Finances"]
双语例句
1. In the mass production era multinational firms tended to centralize their operations.
在大规模生产的时代，跨国公司往往实行集权化经营。
来自柯林斯例句
2. It must decide whether to delegate authority to subsidiaries or centralize.
它必须决定是委授权力给公司,还是采取集中办法.
来自辞典例句
3. Common system culture does not mean the centralize of global system.
普遍制度文明并不意味着全球制度的一元化.
来自互联网
4. One thing NIS does is to centralize E - mail sorting.
NIS所做的事情之一便是 电子邮件 分类集中化.
来自互联网
5. These risks centralize mainly in drilling and completion operation ( inclusion workover ).
