| 单词 | establish |
| 释义 | es·tab·lish transitive verb 1. a. < establish the gun firmly on its base > b. < the family established itself in a large house > < established himself in the community as a grain dealer > < stayed with the team long enough to see it established as a member of a major league > < the first day of 1930 saw me established in London with a good job on an evening paper — Harold Nicolson > c. < established the moral unity of all people upon the idea of God > < examine critically the foundations of his creed and establish his theology upon philosophy — V.L.Parrington > d. < stayed as principal of the new school until it was well established > e. < think of the possibilities if this scourge becomes widely established among our eastern oaks — W.H.Camp > < a vice continued until it established itself beyond escape > 2. a. < a congressional bill establishing duties on a wide range of imports > < an act establishing quota limits on immigration > b. < established several European correspondents for the newspaper > < established a new vice-president for the firm > 3. obsolete 4. a. < establish a factory on the banks of the river > < established a cranberry bog — American Guide Series: Oregon > < the five studies in this volume have the common purpose of establishing a background for an understanding of 18th century English literature — University of Minnesota Press Catalog > < establish a school for the deaf > < the Italians voted to establish a republic — Current Biography > < Noah Webster, with his dictionary … had established American usage in the matter of words — Van Wyck Brooks > b. < establishing friendly relations with the Indians — American Guide Series: Maine > c. (1) < it established a fund of $700,000 to open regional offices — Current Biography > (2) < establish a chair of Oriental studies at the university > 5. obsolete 6. a. archaic b. < the point the speaker was trying to establish was the imminence of economic collapse > < the impossibility of spontaneous generation was finally established as a valuable working principle — J.B.Conant > < establish the fact that he was not there when the murder occurred > c. < something was said that established him as being in the contracting business — Hamilton Basso > d. < the evidence established the motive for the crime > < establish the weight of the planet > e. < the opening shot of the movie establishes the scene > 7. 8. a. < screen productions based on established novels > < established as the world's tobacco capital — American Guide Series: North Carolina > b. < the British authority had been pretty securely established — B.K.Sandwell > < clearly established my standing as a man of good character — B.F.Fairless > < upset the established order in southeast Asia > c. < the established way of addressing a clergyman > < established art styles > < it was his established practice to eat an early supper > < an established conditioned reflex > 9. a. b. 10. 11. intransitive verb < various xerophytes readily establish on and stabilize coastal dunes > Synonyms: see found, set |
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