centralize是什么意思

vt. 使集中；使成为…的中心；使集权

vi. 集中；实行中央集权

英文词源

centralize (v.): 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"]

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。

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.

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.

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.

5. These risks centralize mainly in drilling and completion operation ( inclusion workover ).: 这些风险又主要集中在钻、完井 ( 包括修井 ) 两个主要环节上.