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decentralize sth
The company decided to decentralize its management.
公司决定下放管理权。
下放（权力）；分权
decentralized — past of decentralize
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
下放（权力）；分权
to move power or authority from a central government or organization to local or regional groups
The company decided to decentralize its management.
公司决定下放管理权。
使从集中转变为分散
To cause to change from being concentrated at one point or site to being distributed across several.
通过分权来减少(管理机构)的权力
To reduce the authority of (a governing body) by distributing that authority among several bodies.
变得分散
To become decentralized.
decentralize
Base
原形
decentralizes
3rd person
第三人称单数
decentralizing
-ing
现在分词
decentralized
Past
过去式
decentralized
Past participle
过去分词
The company decentralizes its operations.
这家公司下放其运营权。
规则动词
The company decided to decentralize its customer service so regional offices could solve problems faster.
公司决定下放客户服务职能，让各地区办事处能更快解决问题。
The university decentralized its admissions process to individual departments two years ago.
这所大学两年前将招生流程管理权下放给了各个院系。
They are decentralizing the training program so employees in different cities can attend locally.
他们正在分散安排培训项目，让不同城市的员工都能在当地参加。
The company decided to decentralize its management.
公司决定下放管理权。
常见搭配为权力、职责等抽象名词。
The government decentralized power to local authorities.
政府将权力下放给地方当局。
Not this
We need to decentralization the company.
Use this
We need to decentralize the company.
decentralize是动词，而decentralization是名词；这里需要动词作谓语，所以应使用decentralize。
Not this
The firm decentralized from its main office.
Use this
The firm decentralized its operations from its main office.
decentralize是及物动词，后面需要直接宾语（如operations），不能直接跟from短语；添加宾语后句子结构才完整。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
下放权力
The reform aims to decentralize power to local governments.
这项改革旨在将权力下放给地方政府。
分散决策权
Many companies decentralize decision-making to regional managers.
许多公司把决策权分散给地区经理。
实行地方分权
The country plans to decentralize government by strengthening local councils.
该国计划加强地方议会，实行地方分权。
分散运营
The chain decided to decentralize operations to improve efficiency.
该连锁店决定分散运营以提高效率。
实行分权管理
They hope to decentralize management and give teams more autonomy.
他们希望实行分权管理，让团队拥有更多自主权。
Use decentralized naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
de-去掉central中心+ize，想象把集中在中央的权力撒向各地，权力不再集于一地。
语域：formal 常见场景：政府行政、企业管理、组织架构 该词通常用于正式语体，多出现在讨论行政权力下放、企业管理分散化等场景中，日常口语里不太常见。
Genuine rhyme: centralize /ˈsentrəlaɪz/ rhymes with the stressed part of decentralize /diːˈsentrəlaɪz/. Be careful: organize, realize, and criticize also end in -ize with /aɪz/, but their stressed vowels differ, so they are lookalikes, not rhymes.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.