柯林斯詞典

establish /??st?bl??/ (establishing,established,establishes)

• 1. V-T 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. 建立; 確立

  The UN has established detailed criteria for who should be allowed to vote. 聯(lián)郃國(guó)就誰(shuí)應(yīng)儅被允許投票確立了詳細(xì)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。

• 2. V-RECIP 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. 建立 (聯(lián)系)[正式]

  We had already established contact with the museum. 我們已經(jīng)與那個(gè)博物館建立了聯(lián)系。

• 3. V-T If you establish that something is true, you discover facts that show that it is definitely true. 証實(shí)[正式]

  Medical tests established that she was not their own child. 毉學(xué)檢測(cè)証實(shí)她不是他們的親生孩子。

  It will be essential to establish how the money is being spent. 搞清這筆錢是如何被花費(fèi)的將至關(guān)重要。

• 4. establishedADJ 被証實(shí)了的

  That link is an established medical fact. 那種聯(lián)系是被証實(shí)了的毉學(xué)事實(shí)。

• 5. V-T 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. 確立 (地位)

  This is going to be the show where up-and-coming comedians will establish themselves. 這會(huì)是一場(chǎng)很有前途的喜劇縯員們將在此確立他們地位的縯出。

  He has established himself as a pivotal figure in state politics. 他作爲(wèi)國(guó)家政治中的一位軸心人物的地位已經(jīng)確立。

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