establishment
英 [ɪ'stæblɪʃm(ə)nt; e-]
美[ɪ'stæblɪʃmənt]
- n. 确立,制定;公司;设施
英英释意
- 1. the act of forming something;
- "the constitution of a PTA group last year"
- "it was the establishment of his reputation"
- "he still remembers the organization of the club"
- 2. an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
- 3. the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something;
- "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"
- "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"
- "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"
- 4. a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence
- 5. any large organization
- 6. (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat
- 7. the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof
双语例句
- 1. The fusty old establishment refused to recognise the demand for popular music.
- 这一古板的老旧机构拒绝承认人们对流行音乐的需求。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Although things are changing the medical establishment is still overwhelmingly male.
- 虽然世易时移,但医学界依然是男性的天下。
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- 3. Shopkeepers would once have been pillars of the Tory establishment.
- 商店店主一度本该成为保守党统治集团的重要支柱。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. He is highly disdainful of anything to do with the literary establishment.
- 他对任何与文学界权威沾边的事都嗤之以鼻。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. What do you expect? This is the Establishment we're taking on.
- 你还期望什么?我们要应对的是“权威”。
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