1. | ~ sth 建立；创立；设立to start or create an organization, a system, etc. that is meant to last for a long time |
The committee was established in 1912. 这个委员会创立于 1912 年。 | |
The new treaty establishes a free trade zone. 新条约设立了自由贸易区。 |
2. | ~ sth 建立（尤指正式关系）to start having a relationship, especially a formal one, with another person, group or country |
The school has established a successful relationship with the local community. 这所学校与当地社区建立了良好的关系。 |
3. | ~ sb/sth/yourself (in sth) (as sth) 确立；使立足；使稳固to hold a position for long enough or succeed in sth well enough to make people accept and respect you |
By then she was established as a star. 那时她作为明星的地位已经确立。 | |
He has just set up his own business but it will take him a while to get established . 他刚建立起自己的公司，但要站稳脚跟还得花上一段时间。 |
4. | ~ sth 使…获得接受；使…得到认可to make people accept a belief, claim, custom etc. |
It was this campaign that established the paper's reputation. 正是这场运动确立了这家报纸的声誉。 | |
Traditions get established over time. 传统是随着时间的推移而得到认可的。 |
5. | 查实；确定；证实to discover or prove the facts of a situation |
Police are still trying to establish the cause of the accident. 警方仍在努力确定事故的原因。 | |
They have established that his injuries were caused by a fall. 他们已经证实他是摔伤的。 | |
We need to establish where she was at the time of the shooting. 我们需要查实枪击发生时她在何处。 | |
It has since been established that the horse was drugged. 此后便证实那匹马被注射了兴奋剂。 |
