install
verb[T]
uk/ɪnˈstɔːl/us/ɪnˈstɑːl/installverb[T](READY TO USE)
B1
to putfurniture, amachine, or apieceofequipmentintopositionand make itreadyto use:
安装Theplumberis comingtomorrowto install the newwashingmachine.水管工明天来安装新的洗衣机。
B1computingspecialized
to put acomputerprogramonto acomputerso that thecomputercan use it:
把…安装到计算机上Andrew, can youhelpme install thissoftware?安德鲁,你能帮我安装这个软件吗?
- We will installyourwashingmachinefreeofcharge/forfree.
- They gave us alongspielabout why weneededto installdoubleglazinginourhouse.
- It wouldcauseatremendousupheavalto install a differentcomputersystem.
- Localresidentsareaskingforspeedhumpsto be installed intheirstreet.
- When we installed thecentralheating, we put aradiatorin everyroom.
Placing and positioning an object
- -based
- appose
- around
- changesomethingaround
- circle
- consign
- fit
- lie
- pile(something)up
- plant
- redeposit
- reinstall
- reinstallation
- relocate
- reorientate
- spread
- stick
- superimpose
- transpose
- transposition
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Operating computers
installverb[T](GIVE JOB)
to put someone in animportantjoborposition:
正式任命,使正式就职She has installed acoupleofyoungacademicsasheradvisers.她任用几名年轻的大学教师作为顾问。
Promoting staff
- aggrandizement
- anointment
- ascend
- ascension
- career-limiting
- elevation
- exalt
- fast track
- free transfer
- glass cliff
- hand off
- promote
- promotion
- reinstall
- reinstallation
- relegate
- secondment
- subordinate
- vault
- wilderness
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Applying for a job
installverb[T](PLACE)
installsomeone/yourselfin/atsomewhereUK
to put someone/yourself in acomfortablepositionwhere youwanttostay:
将(某人)/自己安顿在某处Heseemsto have installed himselfinyourspareroomfor good!看起来他要在你那间闲置的卧室里永远安顿下来了!
Promoting staff
- aggrandizement
- anointment
- ascend
- ascension
- career-limiting
- elevation
- exalt
- fast track
- free transfer
- glass cliff
- hand off
- promote
- promotion
- reinstall
- reinstallation
- relegate
- secondment
- subordinate
- vault
- wilderness