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
verb [vt. 及物动词]集权控制,使集中;实行中央集权
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。