establishment /ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt/ star3 CET4 TEM4 (establishments)

• 1.  

  N-SING（单数型名词） The establishment of an organization or system is the act of creating it or beginning it. 建立; 创立 [正式]

  例：

  The establishment of the regional government in 1980 did not end terrorism.

  1980年地区政府的成立并没有结束恐怖主义。

• 2.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） An establishment is a shop, business, or organization occupying a particular building or place. 商店; 企业; 机构 [正式]

  例：

  ...a scientific research establishment.

  …一个科研机构。

• 3.  

  N-SING（单数型名词） You refer to the people who have power and influence in the running of a country, society, or organization as the establishment. 当权者

  例：

  While scientists were once considered cranks and outsiders to the system, we are now part of the establishment.

  虽然科学家曾被认为是怪人、是该体制的局外人，而如今我们已经是权力集团的一部分。