| 单词 | establish |
| 释义 | Word Frequency establish(ɪˈstæblɪʃ) verb (usually tr) 1. to make secure or permanent in a certain place, condition, job, etc to establish one's usefulness to establish a house 2. to create or set up (an organization, etc) on or as if on a permanent basis to establish a company 3. to prove correct or free from doubt; validate to establish a fact 4. to cause (a principle, theory, etc) to be widely or permanently accepted to establish a precedent 5. to give (a Church) the status of a national institution 6. (of a person) to become recognized and accepted he established himself as a reliable GP 7. (in works of imagination) to cause (a character, place, etc) to be credible and recognized the first scene established the period 8. cards to make winners of (the remaining cards of a suit) by forcing out opponents'top cards 9. (also intr) botany a. to cause (a plant) to grow or (of a plant) to grow in a new place the birch scrub has established over the past 25 years b. to become or cause to become a sapling or adult plant from a seedling Derived forms establisher (esˈtablisher) noun Word origin C14: from Old French establir, from Latin stabilīre to make firm, from stabilis stable2 |
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