establishment
英[ɪ'stæblɪʃm(ə)nt;e-]
美[ɪ'stæblɪʃmənt]
词态变化
复数: establishments;
中文词源
establishment 建立，大型机构来自establish, 建立。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. The fusty old establishment refused to recognise the demand for popular music.
- 这一古板的老旧机构拒绝承认人们对流行音乐的需求。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Although things are changing the medical establishment is still overwhelmingly male.
- 虽然世易时移，但医学界依然是男性的天下。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Shopkeepers would once have been pillars of the Tory establishment.
- 商店店主一度本该成为保守党统治集团的重要支柱。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. He is highly disdainful of anything to do with the literary establishment.
- 他对任何与文学界权威沾边的事都嗤之以鼻。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. What do you expect? This is the Establishment we're taking on.
- 你还期望什么？我们要应对的是“权威”。
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