B2 [ T often passive ] to start a company or organization that will continue for a long time建立;设立;创立
C1 [ T often passive ] to start having a relationship with, or communicating with another person, company, country, or organization与…建立关系;与…开始往来
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When the college was established in 1546, it inherited a hall from each of three antecedent institutions.
The two brothers established a clothes retailing business.
An international medical conference was established for the interchange of new ideas and approaches.
An aid programme was established to oil the wheels of economic reform in the region.
Grants will be given to establish centres of excellence in this field of research.
C1 [ T ] to cause something or someone to be accepted in or familiar with a place, position, etc.使得到承认;使被接受
C1 to be in a successful position over a long period of time确立(某种地位)
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She hit the ball so hard that her opponent had no chance to establish any rhythm in her game.
Once she became a prosecutor, she quickly established herself as a masterful trial lawyer.
World Music is now well established and popular with mass audiences and mainstream companies.
They preach the abolition of established systems but propose nothing to replace them.
Recent evidence has tended to contradict established theories on this subject.
C2 [ T ] formal to discover or get proof of something查实;确定;证实,证明
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The prosecution has to establish his guilt beyond (reasonable) doubt/ beyond a (reasonable) doubt.
It's often difficult to establish who the guilty party is following a road accident.
The police are still trying to establish the cause of the fire.
There are tests which can establish a baby's genetic endowment.
Scientists have established the relationship between lung cancer and smoking.
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