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.
双语例句
1. The fusty old establishment refused to recognise the demand for popular music.
这一古板的老旧机构拒绝承认人们对流行音乐的需求。
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2. Although things are changing the medical establishment is still overwhelmingly male.
虽然世易时移，但医学界依然是男性的天下。
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3. Shopkeepers would once have been pillars of the Tory establishment.
商店店主一度本该成为保守党统治集团的重要支柱。
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4. He is highly disdainful of anything to do with the literary establishment.
他对任何与文学界权威沾边的事都嗤之以鼻。
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5. What do you expect? This is the Establishment we're taking on.
