in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 centralise
- VERB 使权力中央化;对…集权控制
To centralize a country, state, or organization means to create a system in which one central group of people gives instructions to regional groups.
- 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。 - The economy of the times made it difficult to support centralized rule.
当时的经济状况不利于实行集权统治。