[countable] a building or place used for a particular purpose or activity中心；活动中心◆He's the director of the company's research centre.他是这公司研究中心的主任。◆She's a researcher at the Centre for International Studies.她是国际问题研究中心的一名研究员。a place where a lot of business activity takes place商业中心区◆London is a centre for international finance.伦敦是国际金融中心。◆New York is a world financial centre.纽约是世界金融中心。⨁a commercial / economic / financial / industrial centre商业／经济／金融／工业中心 (especially BrE) (NAmE usually ˈdowntown [uncountable, countable]) the main part of a town or city where there are a lot of shops/stores and offices（市、镇的）中心区◆Most of our stores are situated in the city/town centre.大部分商店都位于市／镇的中心区。◆the centre of town市中心 assessment centre business centre buying centre call centre contact centre cost centre data centre distribution centre enterprise centre profit centre service centre shopping centre