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establish
es·tab·lish / E5stAblIF ; I5stAblIF /verb T
1. to start a company, organization, system, etc that is intended to exist or continue for a long time建立,设立;SYNfound
The city of Boerne was established by German settlers in the 1840s.博恩市是德国移民于 19 世纪 40 年代时建立的。
Our goal is to establish a new research centre in the North.我们的目标是在北方建立一个新的研究中心。
2. to begin a relationship with someone or a situation that will continue建立〔关系或联系〕:
establish relations / links / contact etc (with sb)
Hungary established diplomatic relations with Chile in 1990.匈牙利在 1990 年与智利建立了外交关系。
I wondered why he should bother to try and establish contact with me.我想知道他为何要费心设法和我取得联系。
3. to find out facts that will prove that something is true证实,确定:
The police must establish the facts of the case before proceeding.警方必须在起诉前确定案子的事实。
establish that
The autopsy established that he had been murdered.尸体剖检证实他是被谋杀的。
establish whether / if
I was never able to establish whether she was telling the truth.我根本无法确定她是否在说实话。
4. to make people accept that you can do something, or that you have a particular quality使被接受; 使得到承认:
establish yourself (as / in)
He had three years in which to establish himself as Prime Minister.他用了三年时间确立自己首相的地位。
He'd already begun to establish quite a reputation as a journalist.他已经开始确立起了作为一名新闻记者的一定声誉。

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