late 15c., "settled arrangement," also "income, property," from establish + -ment. Meaning "established church" is from 1731; Sense of "place of business" is from 1832. Meaning "social matrix of ruling people and institutions" is attested occasionally from 1923, consistently from 1955.
雙語例句
1. The fusty old establishment refused to recognise the demand for popular music.
這一古板的老舊機構(gòu)拒絕承認人們對流行音樂的需求。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Although things are changing the medical establishment is still overwhelmingly male.
雖然世易時移，但醫(yī)學(xué)界依然是男性的天下。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Shopkeepers would once have been pillars of the Tory establishment.
商店店主一度本該成為保守黨統(tǒng)治集團的重要支柱。
來自柯林斯例句
4. He is highly disdainful of anything to do with the literary establishment.
他對任何與文學(xué)界權(quán)威沾邊的事都嗤之以鼻。
來自柯林斯例句
5. What do you expect? This is the Establishment we're taking on.