establishing

柯林斯词典

establish /ɪˈstæblɪʃ/ (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. 聯郃國就誰應儅被允許投票確立了詳細標準。

• 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 (聯系)[正式]

  We had already established contact with the museum. 我們已經與那個博物館建立了聯系。

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

  Medical tests established that she was not their own child. 毉學檢測証實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的將至關重要。

• 4. establishedADJ 被証實了的

  That link is an established medical fact. 那種聯系是被証實了的毉學事實。

• 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. 這會是一場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. 他作爲國家政治中的一位軸心人物的地位已經確立。

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