establishment
n
1 [U] action of creating or setting up 設立; 建立
the establishment of a new college 新學院的成立.
2 [C] (fml or joc 文或謔) (premises of a) business organization or large institution 商業機構或大型機關(的房屋建筑)
an educational establishment, eg a school 教育機構(如學校)
What made you come and work in this establishment? 你到這個機構來工作的原因是什麼?
3 [sing] group of people employed in an organization, a household, etc 一機構的雇員、 家庭成員等
We have a large establishment, ie many staff. 我們員工編制很大(有許多職工).
4 the Establishment [sing]
n (esp Brit often derog 常作貶義) group of powerful people who influence or control policies, ideas, taste, etc and usually support what has been traditionally accepted 當權派(通常為守舊派)
the musical, intellectual, artistic, etc Establishment 音樂界的、 知識界的、 藝術界等的當權派
[attrib 作定語]
an Establishment figure 一位當權派.