centralize

1. V-T To centralize a country, state, or organization means to create a system in which one central group of people gives instructions to regional groups. 使归中央控制; 集权的

In the mass production era, multinational firms tended to centralize their operations. 在大规模生产时期，跨国公司倾向于集中运营。

2. centralizationN-UNCOUNT 集权化

...public hostility to central banks and the centralization of power. …公众对中央银行及集权的敌意。