[VERB 动词]建立;创立;设立;制定 If someone establishes something such as an organization, a type of activity, or a set of rules, they create it or introduce it in such a way that it is likely to last for a long time.
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The UN has established detailed criteria for who should be allowed to vote...
联合国已经制定了有关投票资格的标准细则。
The School was established in 1989 by an Italian professor.
这所学院由一名意大利教授于1989年创建。
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[V-RECIP 相互动词]建立,开始(联系) If you establish contact with someone, you start to have contact with them. You can also say that two people, groups, or countries establish contact.
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We had already established contact with the museum...
我们已经和那家博物馆建立了联系。
Singapore and South Africa have established diplomatic relations.
新加坡和南非已经建立了外交关系。
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[VERB 动词]确定;查实;证实 If you establish that something is true, you discover facts that show that it is definitely true.
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Medical tests established that she was not their own child...
医学化验证实她不是他们的亲骨肉。
It will be essential to establish how the money is being spent...
查清楚这笔钱将作何用途至关重要。
An autopsy was being done to establish the cause of death...
正在进行尸检以确定死亡原因。
It was established that the missile had landed on a test range in Australia.
经证实,那枚导弹已经落在澳大利亚的试验区域内。
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That link is an established medical fact.
那一关联是已经证实的医学事实。
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[VERB 动词]使立足;使被认可;确立(地位) If you establish yourself, your reputation, or a good quality that you have, you succeed in doing something, and achieve respect or a secure position as a result of this.
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This is going to be the show where up-and-coming comedians will establish themselves...
这将是大有前途的喜剧演员们让自己获得认可的节目。
He has established himself as a pivotal figure in US politics...
他已经确立了自己在美国政界的核心地位。
We shall fight to establish our innocence.
我们应该努力证明自己的清白。
Oxford
es·tab·lish★AWL/ɪˈstæblɪʃ; NAmEɪˈstæblɪʃ/verb1★establishsth to start or create an organization, a system, etc. that is meant to last for a long time 建立;创立;设立SYNset up◆The committee was established in 1912.这个委员会创立于 1912 年。◆The new treaty establishes a free trade zone.新条约设立了自由贸易区。2★establishsth to start having a relationship, especially a formal one, with another person, group or country 建立(尤指正式关系)◆The school has established a successful relationship with the local community.这所学校与当地社区建立了良好的关系。3★establishsb/sth/yourself (in sth) (as sth) to hold a position for long enough or succeed in sth well enough to make people accept and respect you 确立;使立足;使稳固◆By then she was established as a star.那时她作为明星的地位已经确立。◆He has just set up his own business but it will take him a while to get established.他刚建立起自己的公司,但要站稳脚跟还得花上一段时间。4★establishsth to make people accept a belief, claim, custom etc. 使…获得接受;使…得到认可◆It was this campaign that established the paper's reputation.正是这场运动确立了这家报纸的声誉。◆Traditions get established over time.传统是随着时间的推移而得到认可的。5★to discover or prove the facts of a situation 查实;确定;证实SYN
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establishsth ◆Police are still trying to establish the cause of the accident.警方仍在努力确定事故的原因。establishthat… ◆They have established that his injuries were caused by a fall.他们已经证实他是摔伤的。establishwhere, what, etc… ◆We need to establish where she was at the time of the shooting.我们需要查实枪击发生时她在何处。it is established that…◆It has since been established that the horse was drugged.此后便证实那匹马被注射了麻醉药。establishestablishesestablishedestablishinges·tab·lish/ɪˈstæblɪʃ; NAmEɪˈstæblɪʃ/
1to start a company, organization, system, etc that is intended to exist or continue for a long timeSYN found: The city of Boerne was established by German settlers in the 1840s. Our goal is to establish a new research centre in the North.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say set up or start a company or organization, rather than use establish:· The company was set up in 1976.2to begin a relationship with someone or a situation that will continueestablish relations/links/contact etc (with somebody) Hungary established diplomatic relations with Chile in 1990. I wondered why he should bother to try and establish contact with me.3to find out facts that will prove that something is true: The police must establish the facts of the case before proceeding.establish that The autopsy established that he had been murdered.establish whether/if I was never able to establish whether she was telling the truth.4to make people accept that you can do something, or that you have a particular qualityestablish yourself (as/in) He had three years in which to establish himself as prime minister. He’d already begun to establish quite a reputation as a journalist.THESAURUSestablish to start a company or organization, especially one that exists for a long time: · The company was established in 1899.· He established a new research centre in Dublin.· Most of the money will be used to establish local industries and mobilize the work-force.set up to start a new company or organization. Set up is less formal than establish, and is the usual phrase to use in everyday English: · Kate and her partner are setting up their own printing business.· Dad set up as a builder in 1990 and now he employs over twenty men.open to start a business that provides services to the public, such as a shop, restaurant, or hotel: · He opened his first restaurant in 1995.· They just opened a new supermarket on Van Nuys Boulevard.found to start a company or an organization such as a school or a hospital, especially by providing the money for it – used about something that was started a long time ago: · Who originally founded the college?· The bank was founded 60 years ago in Munich.inaugurate /ɪˈnɔːɡjəreɪt $ -ˈnɒː-/ formal to start an organization with an official ceremony: · Twenty years after the airport was inaugurated, it introduced its first transatlantic flights.
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