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Establish   [V Ed Established N Bring Verb 动词

英语单词 establish
英美音标 英 [ɪ'stæblɪʃ] 美 [ɪ'stæblɪʃ]
中文释义 v.建立;确立;创办;安顿
英语例句 (1) We have established trade ties with these regions.
(2) There is an urgent need to establish a strict responsibility system.
(3) He has established his theory.
(4) The company was established in 1860.
(5) He decided to establish a new school.
(6) They established themselves in their new house.
中文例句 (1) 我们和这些地区建立了贸易关系。
(2) 急需建立严格的责任制度。
(3) 他确立了他的学说。
(4) 这家公司创办于一八六零年。
(5) 他决定建一所新学校。
(6) 他们在新居安顿了下来。
vocabulary简明 To establish something means to begin it or bring it about. If you want everyone in your family to bring you chocolate every evening, you can establish a “Chocolates for Me” policy requiring it.
vocabulary扩展 Establish is related to stable through its Latin roots and has many meanings, but all have the feel of building on a stable foundation. Besides the meaning of setting a policy, establish can also mean to prove one's value. You should establish yourself in a community before you try to bring change to it. Similarly, if you like to debate controversial issues, you'd best begin with facts that have been established and are not open to question. If you have a lot of money and want to build up your community, you can establish, or found, a school or library there.
柯林斯解释
1
[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.
  [V n]
  • 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。

2
[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.
  [V n with n]
  [pl-n V]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • 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。

3
[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.
  [V that]
  [V wh]
  [V n]
  [itbe V-ed that]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • 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。

established
  • That link is an established medical fact.

    那一关联是已经证实的医学事实。

4
[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.
  [V pron-refl]
  [V pron-refl as n]
  [V n]
  [Also V n as n]
  • 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。

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