establish
verb
uk
/ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/ us
/ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/establish verb (START)
C1 [ T often passive ]
to start having a relationship with, or communicating with another person, company, country, or organization
- When the college was established in 1546, it inherited a hall from each of three antecedent institutions.
- The two brothers established a clothes retailing business.
- An international medical conference was established for the interchange of new ideas and approaches.
- An aid programme was established to oil the wheels of economic reform in the region.
- Grants will be given to establish centres of excellence in this field of research.
establish verb (ACCEPT)
使得到承認;使被接受
His reputation for carelessness was established long before the latest problems arose.
在最近的一連串問題出現之前，他粗心大意的問題已經是眾人皆知的了。
He's established himself as a dependable source of information.
他被認爲是一個可靠的消息來源。
establish yourself C1 formal
確立（某種地位）
He has established himself as one of the most successful sportsmen of the century.
It can't have been easy to establish yourselves in such a competitive market.
- She hit the ball so hard that her opponent had no chance to establish any rhythm in her game.
- Once she became a prosecutor, she quickly established herself as a masterful trial lawyer.
- World Music is now well established and popular with mass audiences and mainstream companies.
- They preach the abolition of established systems but propose nothing to replace them.
- Recent evidence has tended to contradict established theories on this subject.
establish verb (DISCOVER)
- The prosecution has to establish his guilt beyond (reasonable) doubt/ beyond a (reasonable) doubt.
- It's often difficult to establish who the guilty party is following a road accident.
- The police are still trying to establish the cause of the fire.
- There are tests which can establish a baby's genetic endowment.
- Scientists have established the relationship between lung cancer and smoking.
