1 VERB 安装;设置 If you install a piece of equipment, you fit it or put it somewhere so that it is ready to be used. 安装;设置
SYN set up, put in, place, position
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Hundreds of lives could be saved if the installation of alarms was more widespread.
如果报警器得到更广泛的安装,成百上千的生命就可能被挽救。
2 VERB 使就职;任命 If someone is installed in a new job or important position, they are officially given the job or position, often in a special ceremony. 使就职;任命 [Also V n as n]
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A new Catholic bishop was installed in Galway yesterday. [be VERB-ed]
昨天在戈尔韦任命了一位新的天主教主教。
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Professor Sawyer was formally installed as President last Thursday. [be VERB-ed + as]
索耶教授上周四被正式任命为校长。
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The army has promised to install a new government within a week. [VERB noun]
军队已经许诺在一周内任命新一届政府。
SYN institute, establish, introduce, invest
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He sent a letter inviting Naomi to attend his installation as chief of his tribe.
他给娜奥米寄了封信,邀请她来参加他就任部落酋长的仪式。
3 VERB 安顿;安置 If you install yourself in a particular place, you settle there and make yourself comfortable. 安顿;安置 [formal]
SYN settle, position, plant, establish
| Word Partnership | Use install with: |
| ADJ. | easy to install 1 |
| N. | install equipment, install machines, install software 1 |
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