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self-centred, self-centered ADJ

I . centre [ˈsentə], center Am N

II . centre [ˈsentə], center Am VB trans

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III . centre [ˈsentə], center Am VB intr

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centre forward N

centre half N

community centre N

music centre N Brit

shopping centre N

wellness centre N

centre of gravity N

Usage examples with centred

The guests centred around the table.
客人们围坐在桌子周围。

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He proposed that any point in one retina might yield singleness of vision with a circular region centred around the corresponding point in the other retina.
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A substantially smaller export trade is centred on processed food and construction equipment.
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The room has high ceilings, deep skirting boards, and is centred on a marble fireplace inset with a solid fuel stove.
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The plan assumed a closed economy in which the main trading activity would be centred on importing capital goods.
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In time, a lasting monastic networkan ecclesiastical familiawas centred on the island, and led by his successors.
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She is vain and self-centred and is willing to do anything for attention.
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Dolly is a self-centred, somewhat whiny 30-something woman who lives alone in the flat above the shop she works in.
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Aspects formed by the progressed ascendant suggest significant developments in self-centred interests, personal ambitions and health.
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The resort itself is centred on the village which has shops, restaurants, a pub, wine store and a spa.
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She wins him, but the disjunction between her self-centred narcissism and his idealistic notions of helping others ensures that their marriage is unhappy.
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