install /ɪnˈstɔːl/ CET4 TEM4 ( installing, installed, installs )

BRIT also instal

• 1. 

  V-T If you install a piece of equipment, you put it somewhere so that it is ready to be used. 安装

  例：

  They had installed a new phone line in the apartment.

  他们在公寓里安装了一根新的电话线。

• 2. 

  installation N-UNCOUNT 安装

  例：

  Hundreds of lives could be saved if the installation of alarms was more widespread.

  如果警报器的安装范围更为广泛，成百上千人的生命就可能获救。

• 3. 

  V-T If someone is installed in a new job or important position, they are officially given the job or position, often in a special ceremony. 正式任命

  例：

  A temporary government was installed.

  一届临时政府被正式任命。

  例：

  Professor Sawyer was formally installed as president last Thursday.

  上星期二，索耶教授被正式任命为校长。

• 4. 

  installation N-UNCOUNT 任命仪式; 就职仪式

  例：

  He sent a letter inviting Naomi to attend his installation as chief of his tribe.

  他给娜奥米寄了封信，邀请她来参加他就任部落酋长的仪式。

• 5. 

  V-T If you install yourself in a particular place, you settle there and make yourself comfortable. 安顿 [正式]

  例：

  Before her husband's death she had installed herself in a modern villa.

  在丈夫去世之前她就已经在一所现代的别墅里安顿了下来。