establishment /ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt/ noun plural establishments
plural establishments
Learner's definition of ESTABLISHMENT
1
[count] : a place or organization where people live or do business住宅;企業;機構 2
[noncount] : the act of establishing something or someone建立;確立: such as
a : the act of starting something that will last for a long time建立,創立(的行爲) b : the act of causing something or someone to be widely known and accepted使確立,使接受(的行爲) 3
a [singular] often disapproving or Establishment : the people in business, government, etc., who have power over the other people in a society權威人士;權貴;當權派 —
usually used with the通常與the連用 b the establishment : the part of a particular group that has power or control統治集團;權勢集團;權威團體