To centralize a country, state, or organization means to create a system in which one central group of people gives instructions to regional groups.
例句
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。
英英词典释义
Adjective
1. drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority;
"centralized control of emergency relief efforts""centralized government"
2. concentrated on or clustered around a central point or purpose