establishment
英 [?'st?bl??m(?)nt; e-]
美[?'st?bl??m?nt]
- n. 確立，制定；公司；設(shè)施
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詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?establishments;
中文詞源
establishment 建立，大型機構(gòu)
來自establish, 建立。
英文詞源
- establishment (n.)
- late 15c., "settled arrangement," also "income, property," from establish + -ment. Meaning "established church" is from 1731; Sense of "place of business" is from 1832. Meaning "social matrix of ruling people and institutions" is attested occasionally from 1923, consistently from 1955.
雙語例句
- 1. The fusty old establishment refused to recognise the demand for popular music.
- 這一古板的老舊機構(gòu)拒絕承認人們對流行音樂的需求。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Although things are changing the medical establishment is still overwhelmingly male.
- 雖然世易時移，但醫(yī)學界依然是男性的天下。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Shopkeepers would once have been pillars of the Tory establishment.
- 商店店主一度本該成為保守黨統(tǒng)治集團的重要支柱。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He is highly disdainful of anything to do with the literary establishment.
- 他對任何與文學界權(quán)威沾邊的事都嗤之以鼻。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. What do you expect? This is the Establishment we're taking on.
- 你還期望什么？我們要應(yīng)對的是“權(quán)威”。
來自柯林斯例句