centre stage

noun

1. 重要位置；中心；核心
   an important position where sb/sth can easily get people's attention
   1. Education is taking centre stage in the government's plans.
      教育正在成为政府计划的核心。
   2. This region continues to occupy centre stage in world affairs.
      这个地区继续在国际舞台上占主导地位。

The spellings centre-stage in British English, and center stage in American English are also used. 亦使用 centre-stage (英国英语)和 center stage (美国英语)。


1. N-UNCOUNT 重要位置;中心；核心
   If something or someone takes centre stage, they become very important or noticeable.
   1. The referee took centre stage as 11 players were booked and one sent off in a bizarre game...
      在一次离奇的比赛中，裁判给11名队员记名警告，把一名队员罚下场，成了全场关注的焦点。
   2. Nuclear proliferation has returned to centre stage in international affairs.
      核扩散重新成为国际事务的关注焦点。

1. The referee took centre stage as 11 players were booked and one sent off in a bizarre game
   在一次离奇的比赛中，裁判给11名队员记名警告，把一名队员罚下场，成了全场关注的焦点。
2. Nuclear proliferation has returned to centre stage in international affairs.
   核扩散重新成为国际事务的关注焦点。
3. Miley, 20, let her husband-to-be take centre stage but still looked lovely in a patchwork dress.
   20岁的麦莉把舞台中心让给了准丈夫，但身穿拼接裙的她看起来依然可爱动人。
4. This party might not win votes quickly but it could bring governance reform to centre stage and gradually prove to voters that open markets and rules-based government are the only civilised ways to lift living standards and achieve shared prosperity.
   这个政党或许无法迅速赢得选票，但它可以将治理改革推向舞台中央，并逐步向选民证明，开放市场和信奉规则的政府是提高生活水平、实现共同繁荣的唯一文明方式。
5. When Mr Johnson said: After 2008 the left was ushered centre stage, and missed their cue: political history reached a turning point and failed to turn, he scored a hit against his political opponents.
   约翰逊说：2008年后，左翼被推上中心舞台，变得忘乎所以：政治历史发展到了一个转折点，但转折却并没有发生。这番话帮他从政治对手那里赢了一分。
6. On both sides of the Atlantic, the scourge of wildlife trafficking has been centre stage recently.
   野生动物贩运的祸害最近在大西洋两岸成为焦点。
7. For as fiscal issues move to centre stage in the 2012 election, America potentially faces three nasty shocks.
   随着财政问题成为2012年大选的主要议题，美国可能面临三个方面的严重冲击。
8. Efforts to stabilize food production should take centre stage, with greater investments in agricultural infrastructure to increase crop production and expand storage facilities.
   努力稳定粮食生产应采取中心舞台，在更大的农业基础设施投资，以增加作物产量，扩大仓储设施。
9. The writing may have started as an end in itself for many, but other interests have started to take centre stage.
   对许多人而言，最初的目标也许就是写作本身，但现在，其它目标开始逐渐占据中心。
10. The problem, of course, is that for now, investors in Berkshire and News Corp want their superstar bosses centre stage and demonstrably in control.
    当然，目前的问题在于，伯克希尔和新闻集团（newscorp）的投资者希望他们的超级巨星掌门人留在舞台中心、确然掌控着公司。
11. As Board members debated reforms for a healthy future, health needs and priorities at country level took centre stage.
    在执委们辩论如何为健康的未来进行改革时，他们表示最重视国家卫生需求和重点。
12. If current problems are in part a failure in leadership, then leadership development must be brought onto the centre stage.
    如果当前的问题部分是由于领导能力缺失造成的，那么必须将领导能力的发展列为中心任务。
13. Problems persist in Europe, which took centre stage at the Tokyo meetings.
    欧洲的问题一直未能解决，欧洲也在东京会议上成为焦点。
14. Ryan Giggs is relishing the chance to be centre stage in the twilight of his remarkable career.
    莱恩。吉格斯很高兴在自己伟大的职业生涯中能有机会出任中路枢纽。
15. As China moves centre stage for the olympics, its actions will be under greater scrutiny than ever before.
    中国随着奥运会成为世界的焦点，所以中国的一举一动也将比以往更受到关注。
16. Moreover, the package sees the government returning to centre stage.
    此外，该刺激计划还让政府重返舞台中心。
17. She always likes to take centre stage in whatever she does.
    无论她做什么，她都喜欢成为注意中心。
18. An unfolding debt crisis in the eurozone and the risk of a "double-dip" recession in the West have moved centre stage.
    欧元区正在上演的债务危机以及西方的“双底”衰退风险走上了中央舞台。
19. He comes centre stage and begins a soliloquy, unburdening his heart and mind to the audience.
    他走到舞台中央开始了一段独自，向观众倾诉衷肠。
20. Hillary Clinton never looks happier than when she is centre stage.
    对希拉里来说，似乎没有什么时候比身处舞台中央更开心了。
21. As soon as Europe and other alternatives regain their acceptability to investors, the unsustainability of the US situation would return to centre stage at even more dangerous levels.
    一旦欧洲和其它替代资产重新获得投资者认可，美国状况的不可持续性就会以甚至更为危险的水平重新成为焦点。
22. After these performances, it was time for the athletes themselves to take centre stage.
    表演后，运动员陆续走进中心舞台。
23. Now that this goal is about to be realised, their disagreements could take centre stage.
    既然这一目标即将实现，他们的分歧可能会成为中心问题。
24. She doesn't mind letting some of the younger students take centre stage from time to time.
    她不在乎时常让一些年轻的学生出出风头。
25. Whether or not the page has really been turned depends on the construction of a practical successor to free-market economics, a process that entrenched interests in America and Britain would be well-advised to encourage if they wish to remain centre stage.
    这一页是否真的翻过去了，取决于自由市场经济学切合实际的继任理论建设如何。如果美英两国地位牢固的利益阶层希望留在舞台中央，就最好支持这一进程。
26. The college forms the social hub of Cambridge life for most undergraduates, but the intensity of the MBA programme and the many hours spent in classes and group work mean the business school quickly takes centre stage.
    对于大多数本科生而言，大学构成了剑桥生活的社交中心，但mba课程的强度及课堂与分组作业所消耗的时间，意味着商学院很快就占据了中心舞台。
27. So when you start to see TV ads in which the brand image takes centre stage, you will know why.
    因此，当你看到电视广告里面商标放在中间位置的时候，你将会知道这是为什么。
28. Although fees were centre stage again, public debate very soon focused on broader issues and the limitations of the MPF system itself were exposed.
    尽管费用又一次成为焦点，但讨论很快就转向了更广泛的议题，而强积金制度本身的局限也暴露了出来。
29. But this pleasure takes tangible form when you enter the next room and find yourself centre stage in Look Back in Anger.
    但是当你进入下一间展室并发现自己就在《愤怒中回首》的舞台中央时，这种愉悦就变的真实可靠了。
30. But the American role in the Muslim narrative is moving away from centre stage.
    但是，在穆斯林的叙述中，美国的角色正逐渐淡出中央舞台。

noun

1. the central area on a theater stage

   Synonym:    center stage

2. a position of prominence or importance

   Synonym:    center stage