establish /iˈstæbliʃ/ vt. 1.成立，建立：establish a hospital 建立一所医院 2.确定，证实，确立： It has been very clearly established that… 已被十分清楚地证实… Newton conclusively established the law of gravity. 牛顿最终确立了万有定律。The usage is now firmly established. 这个方法现已得到确认。
establishment /isˈtæbliʃmənt/ n. 1. 建立，设立；创办，开设［u］：the establishment of a new state 一个新国家的建立 2. 建立的机构（如学校、商店、企业等）［c］：industrial and mining establishments 工矿企业；service establishments服务性行业；an eating establishment 饮食店 3.定员，编制：reduce an establishment减少定员；war establishment 战时编制
