core

1. N-COUNT The core of a fruit is the central part of it that contains seeds. 核

Someone threw an apple core. 有人扔了一個蘋果核。

2. N-COUNT The core of an object, building, or city is the central part of it. 中心[usu with poss]

...the Earth's core. …地核。

3. V-T If you core a fruit, you remove its core. 去核

...machines for peeling and coring apples. …蘋果削皮去核機。

4. N-SING The coreof something such as a problem or an issue is the part of it that has to be understood or accepted before the whole thing can be understood or dealt with. (問題的) 核心

...the ability to get straight to the core of a problem. …直擊問題核心的能力。

5. ADJ A core team or a core group is a group of people who do the main part of a job or piece of work. Other people may also help, but only for limited periods of time. 核心 (團體)

We already have our core team in place. 我們的核心隊伍已經(jīng)就位。

6. ADJ In a school or college, core subjects are a group of subjects that have to be studied. 必修的 (課程)

The core subjects are English, mathematics and science. 必修課程為英語、數(shù)學(xué)和科學(xué)。

I'm not opposed to a core curriculum in principle, but I think requiring a foreign language is unrealistic. 原則上我不反對必修課程，但是我認為把外語列為必修課是不現(xiàn)實的。

7. N-SING The core businesses or the core activities of a company or organization are their most important ones. 核心 (工作或活動)

The core activities of social workers were reorganized. 社工的核心工作被重新安排了。