establish
/ɪˈstæblɪʃ/verb
with obj.
1
- set up (an organization, system, or set of rules) on a firm or permanent basis设立, 建立（机构、制度等）; 制定（规则等）：
the scheme was established in 1975.
此方案是1975年制定的。
1.1
- initiate or bring about (contact or communication)开始实施, 建立, 进行（联系, 交往等）：
the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1992.
两国于1992年建立了外交关系。
2
- achieve permanent acceptance for (a custom, belief, practice, or institution)确立, 使（风俗, 信仰, 惯例, 制度）得到永久承认（或接受）：
the principle of the supremacy of national parliaments needs to be firmly established.
国民议会至上的原则必须予以牢牢确立。
2.1
- achieve recognition or acceptance for (someone) in a particular capacity使（某人）得到承认; 使被接受：
he had established himself as a film star.
他使自己成为公认的电影明星。
2.2
- no obj.(of a plant) take root and grow（植物）定植。
2.3
- introduce (a character, set, or location) into a film or play and allow its identification把（人物, 布景, 外景拍摄地）引入电影（或戏剧）并得到认同：
establish the location with a wide shot.
用广角拍摄引入外景。
3
- show (something) to be true or certain by determining the facts证实; 查明; 确定：
with clause the police established that the two passports were forgeries.警方证实那两张护照都是伪造的。
4
- Bridge ensure that one's remaining cards in (a suit) will be winners (if not trumped) by playing off the high cards in that suit【桥牌】（通过出大牌）使（某）花色所剩的牌都能赢。
派生词
establisher
noun词源
late Middle English （recorded earlier as stablish）： from Old French establiss-, lengthened stem of establir, from Latin stabilire 'make firm', from stabilis (adjective) 'stable'.