something placed at the center of something else (as on a table)

the central or most important feature;

"education was the centerpiece of the Democratic Party's political platform"

the centrepiece is the glass room; an open space filled with light that reflects their dream of living in 「a state in which being czech or german or jew would not matter」.

其中最引人注目的是玻璃房；一个空旷而光线可以完全穿透的空间，表达了他们梦想住在「一个无论是捷克人还是德国人或是犹太人都享有人身自由的国度」。

the leaders of the republicans in the house made both tax and spending cuts the centrepiece of the 「pledge to america」, a manifesto of sorts that they unveiled on september 23rd.

共和党在众议院的领袖在9月30日公布了一个以减税、缩减开支为核心的计划，名为「美国承诺」（「pledgetoamerica」)，类似于某种形式的宣言。

the tower will be the centrepiece of a $20 billion development that will include residential, commercial and retail property.

迪拜塔是一座中心建筑，合周围的一些住宅、商业和零售业的建筑，总价值20亿美元。

the centrepiece of bp’s plan to stop the leak permanently is a relief well, which is now drilled to 12, 000 feet (3.7km) below the sea floor and about four feet from the macondo well.

英石油公司永久止漏计划的中心是要建一个减压井。现在该井已经鉆到海底以下12000英尺（3.7千米），距离macondo井四英尺远，一百英尺深。

the centrepiece of the week was the publication of the iraq study group’s report on iraq.

本周的主角应当是伊拉克问题调查组出版的调查报告。

by making gaza a centrepiece of its foreign policy and even more by openly sympathising with hamas, which runs gaza, turkey has gained new friends in the arab world but alienated allies in the west.

将加沙问题作为其外交政策的核心，甚至公开表示同情目前管理着加沙的哈马斯，如此，土耳其在阿拉伯世界找到了新朋友，但成了西方世界的一个孤独的盟国。

the middle east and north africa region—the centrepiece of mr bush’s efforts to promote freedom—showed little measurable improvement over the previous year.

去年，中东和北非地区（布什先生促进自由的重点地区）没有表现出一点改善。

a centrepiece of this effort is a helmet with a borg-like eyepiece.

这一功能的一个核心部件就是一顶头盔，它配有像电视剧中博格人头盔一样的镜片。

the 450-year-old ball will form the centrepiece of an exhibition on the history of the sport.

这只年满450岁的足球将成为本届世界杯赛足球历史展上的中心展品。

it is the centrepiece of a plan to increase the country「s electricity supply fivefold by 2015.

（千年大坝）将对2015年前全国电力供应量增长五倍的目标起到核心作用。

at the same time, it must promote the american model abroad as the centrepiece of its foreign policy—the global spread of wealth being the best recipe for national security.

同时，美国还要把这种美国模式当作外交政策的核心推广到国外--让全球变富才是最佳的国家安全战略。

its centrepiece is a big expansion of state-provided health care—for which he has budgeted $634 billion over the next decade while admitting that yet more will be needed.

该预算的核心措施是大幅扩大国家支持的医疗保健的覆盖范围—为此他开出了未来十年6，340亿美元的预算，而他也承认甚至需要更多。

the centrepiece of her installation is 「a hole」, a glass panel in the middle of the first room.

最引人注目的作品是「洞」：第一间展厅正中央放置的玻璃板。

mr mundus, too, once made the centrepiece of a classic 「jaws」 scene, harpooning a great white in 75 feet of water off a beach where children played.

蒙特斯也曾经上演过《大鲨鱼》里的经典镜头，把一条长75英尺的大白鲨叉到了孩子们正在游玩的海滩上。

the centrepiece is a teocalli, a massive votive sculpture in the shape of a temple platform, built in 1507 to mark the end of a 52-year cycle in the mexica calendar.

整个展览的中心是一座古代大型祭祀神庙的雕刻，雕刻成神殿平台之形。 这座建于1507年的神庙用来标示古墨西哥历法中52年周期的结束。

his hat-trick had also begun with a header, but the centrepiece was a moment of unforgettable imagination and technique.

他本场帽子戏法同样始于一粒头球，那粒令人印象深刻的进球是想象力和技术的体现。

the centrepiece is a detailed, romanticised version of miyazaki’s study, overflowing with models and books.

中间是宫崎骏书房的翻本，非常细节化，并且很浪漫，里面充斥着各种各样的关宫崎图书和模型。

it was the film that contained a grisly, chest-bursting centrepiece that tapped into the fears of the age.

影片中异形幼体破胸而出的可怖场面，成为了那个时代的恐怖经典。

the idea is not new: steve forbes, a publishing magnate, made a flat tax the centrepiece of two presidential bids, in 1996 and 2000—both resounding flops.

此提议并非新生：印刷业巨头史蒂夫?福布斯早在1996年和2000年的总统竞选中集中提出了单一税，不过后来都失败了。

its centrepiece remains the registan, which in medieval times acted as the city」s marketplace.

城里的中心是雷吉斯坦广场，中世纪时这里是市场。

the centrepiece of the trip was china, which he visited at a critical juncture in the world’s most important bilateral relationship.

此行的重中之重自然是中国，而时机恰好选在世界最重要的两国关系成为世界上最重要双边关系之时。

ms merkel may yield to pressure from the cdu’s liberal wing to make this the centrepiece of her election platform.

默克尔也许会在联盟党自由派的压力下妥协，以此作为她下次竞选纲领的核心措施。

the centrepiece of the trip was china, which he visited at a critical juncture in the world ’s most important bilateral relationship.

中国是此次东亚之行的重中之重，总统先生的来访亦标志着中美国际双边关系的关键时刻的到来。

the centrepiece was a magnificent canopied bed that once belonged to talleyrand, the great 19th-century french diplomat.

展位中心是一架华丽的四柱床，它的故主是19世纪法国着名外交家塔列郎。