es‧tab‧lish S2 W1 AC / ɪstæblɪʃ / 动词 [及物动词]

1 to start a company, organization, system, etc that is intended to exist or continue for a long time 同义词 found :

The city of Boerne was established by German settlers in the 1840s.

Our goal is to establish a new research centre in the North.

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In everyday English, people usually say set up or start a company or organization, rather than use establish :

The company was set up in 1976.

2 to begin a relationship with someone or a situation that will continue

establish relations/links/contact etc (with somebody)

Hungary established diplomatic relations with Chile in 1990.

I wondered why he should bother to try and establish contact with me.

3 to find out facts that will prove that something is true :

The police must establish the facts of the case before proceeding.

establish that

The autopsy established that he had been murdered.

establish whether/if

I was never able to establish whether she was telling the truth.

4 to make people accept that you can do something, or that you have a particular quality

establish yourself (as/in)

He had three years in which to establish himself as Prime Minister.

He’d already begun to establish quite a reputation as a journalist.

THESAURUS

establish to start a company or organization, especially one that exists for a long time : The company was established in 1899. | He established a new research centre in Dublin. | Most of the money will be used to establish local industries and mobilize the work-force.

set up to start a new company or organization. Set up is less formal than establish , and is the usual 短语 to use in everyday English : Kate and her partner are setting up their own printing business. | Dad set up as a builder in 1990 and now he employs over twenty men.

open to start a business that provides services to the public, such as a shop, restaurant, or hotel : He opened his first restaurant in 1995. | They just opened a new supermarket on Van Nuys Boulevard.

found to start a company or an organization such as a school or a hospital, especially by providing the money for it – used about something that was started a long time ago : Who originally founded the college? | The bank was founded 60 years ago in Munich.

inaugurate / ɪnɔɡjəreɪt, ɪnɔɡjʊreɪt $ -nɒ- / formal to start an organization with an official ceremony : Twenty years after the airport was inaugurated, it introduced its first transatlantic flights.