名词

1. 成立;建立;创立
The establishment of an organization or system is the act of creating it or beginning it.

2. 机构;团体;企业
An establishment is a shop, business, or organization occupying a particular building or place.

3. 权威；当权者；权势集团
You refer to the people who have power and influence in the running of a country, society, or organization as the establishment .

1. the act of forming or establishing something

e.g. the constitution of a PTA group last year
it was the establishment of his reputation
he still remembers the organization of the club

Synonym: constitutionformationorganizationorganisation

2. a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence

3. the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof

Synonym: validation

4. an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

Synonym: institution

5. any large organization

6. the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

e.g. he claims that the present administration is corrupt
the governance of an association is responsible to its members
he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment

Synonym: administrationgovernancegoverning bodybrassorganizationorganisation

7. (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat

Synonym: ecesis