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the establishment

/ih-stab-lish-muhnt/US // ɪˈstæb lɪʃ mənt //UK // (ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt) //

编制,确立,确立了,基金会

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or an instance of establishing.
    • : the state or fact of being established.
    • : something established; a constituted order or system.
    • : Often the Establishment . the existing power structure in society; the dominant groups in society and their customs or institutions; institutional authority: The Establishment believes exploring outer space is worth any tax money spent.the dominant group in a field of endeavor, organization, etc.: the literary Establishment.
    • : a household; place of residence including its furnishings, grounds, etc.
    • : a place of business together with its employees, merchandise, equipment, etc.
    • : a permanent civil, military, or other force or organization.
    • : an institution, as a school, hospital, etc.
    • : the recognition by a state of a church as the state church.
    • : the church so recognized, especially the Church of England.
    • : Archaic. a fixed or settled income.

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Examples

  • He wouldn’t have taken those positions if he didn’t think they were viable as priorities with the party establishment.

  • If my employees had more money, I reasoned, they’d have more money to spend at those same establishments.

  • They’ve championed a surveillance ordinance and the establishment of a privacy advisory commission that would vet technology and its impacts before being considered by the City Council.

  • Meanwhile, Kennedy’s endorsers include establishment heavyweights such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

  • You can visit establishments like Axis Nightclub and Level Dining Lounge.

  • Satirists occupy a perilous position—to skewer dogma and cant, and to antagonize the establishment while needing its protection.

  • Satirists are reliant ultimately on the very establishment they mock.

  • Two factors made Hiram Revels especially interesting to the Washington establishment.

  • Ironically, the play deals with the ‘management’ of information by the Establishment.

  • Before his writing days, London used the Oakland establishment to conduct his studies.

  • Mrs. Wurzel was quite right; they had been supplied, regardless of cost, from Messrs. Rochet and Stole's well-known establishment.

  • We had half a dozen passengers to Ferrara; for the rest of the way, I had this extensive traveling establishment to myself.

  • On the establishment of the Empire Berthier, like many another, received the reward for his faithfulness to Napoleon.

  • If schooling is a training in expression and communication, college is essentially the establishment of broad convictions.

  • Orlean had secured a position in a ladies' tailoring establishment at five dollars and fifty cents a week, and there he went.