Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #576
establish
建立；创立；设立
核心释义
To set up or found an organization, system, business, etc.
- 1.
使稳定或牢固；确认。
To make stable or firm; to confirm.
- 2.
建立；创立；设立；创办
To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
- 3.
任命或采用(官员、法律、规章、指南等)；制定；规定
To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
- 4.
证明并使被接受为事实；论证
To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to demonstrate.
证实；证明；制定；确立；任命；巩固；确立；证实；使稳定或牢固；确认。；建立；创立；设立；创办
用法In use
The company plans to establish a new branch in Shanghai.
用法提示：establish 意为“建立”，及物动词，后接宾语 a new branch。
Scientists have established that the drug is effective.
用法提示：established 是 establish 的过去分词，表示“确立，证实”，后接 that 从句。
She is establishing herself as a leader in the field.
用法提示：establishing 是现在分词，与 is 构成进行时，意为“确立”，后接反身代词 herself 和介词短语。
establish sth
They established a new company last year.
他们去年建立了一家新公司。
establish sb as sth
该结构常用于确立身份或地位。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- establish a business
- 创立企业
- They decided to establish a business together.他们决定一起创立一家企业。
- establish a relationship
- 建立关系
- It takes time to establish a good working relationship.建立良好的工作关系需要时间。
- establish a reputation
- 树立声誉
- She worked hard to establish a reputation as a reliable expert.她努力工作以树立可靠专家的声誉。
- establish a connection
- 建立连接
- The experiment aimed to establish a connection between diet and health.实验旨在建立饮食与健康之间的联系。
- establish contact
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
e(一)st(石头)ablish(建立)：一块石头立起来，就是建立。
语境与语域Context & Register
该词多用于正式语境，如商业（建立公司）、法律（确立规则）、学术（确立理论）等。日常口语中较少使用，常被'set up'或'found'替代。建议认为其语体偏正式，但在一些抽象表达中也可视为中性。
语法说明Grammar Note
常用于被动语态，如 be established
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All words share the spelling ending '-ish', but their stressed vowels differ from 'establish' (/ɪˈstæblɪʃ/). 'Abolish' and 'demolish' have /ɒ/, 'embellish' has /ɛ/, 'polish' has /ɒ/ with first-syllable stress, and 'banish' has /æ/ with first-syllable stress. None rhyme exactly with 'establish'.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.