establish

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make stable or firm; to confirm. transitive
    — Once it [a snowdrop variety] became established, some bulbs were lifted and passed on to be chipped (i.e. cut into small pieces and grown on).
  2. To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business. transitive
    — But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
  3. To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain. transitive
    — By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.
  4. To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to demonstrate. transitive
    — to establish a fact   to establish a pattern

词形变化

establishes present,singular,third-person establishing participle,present established participle,past established past

词汇关系

衍生词
disestablish establishable established church establisher establishing shot establishment long-established preestablish re-establish reestablish unestablish
相关词
stable

词源

From Middle English establissen, from Old French establiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of establir, (Modern French établir), from Latin stabiliō, stabilīre, from stabilis (“firm, steady, stable”).
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