install

verb

/ɪnˈstɔːl/

(also British English, less frequent instal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they install	/ɪnˈstɔːl/ /ɪnˈstɔːl/
he / she / it installs	/ɪnˈstɔːlz/ /ɪnˈstɔːlz/
past simple installed	/ɪnˈstɔːld/ /ɪnˈstɔːld/
past participle installed	/ɪnˈstɔːld/ /ɪnˈstɔːld/
-ing form installing	/ɪnˈstɔːlɪŋ/ /ɪnˈstɔːlɪŋ/

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install something to fix equipment or furniture into position so that it can be used安装；设置
- They're planning to install a new drainage system.他们计划安装一个新的排水系统。
- Make sure the equipment is properly installed.要确保设备安装正确。
- A hidden camera had been installed in the room.房间里安装了一个隐藏的摄像头。
Extra Examples
- A professionally installed alarm will cost from about £500.一套专业化安装的警报器至少需要花费 500 英镑左右。
- An anti-theft device is installed in the vehicle.车中安装了防盗装置。
- The loft ladder is easily installed.阁楼的梯子很容易就安装好了。
- The switches are cheap to buy and easy to install.这些开关价格低廉，而且安装简便。
- They estimate that four out of five child car seats are installed improperly.他们估计有五分之四的儿童汽车座椅安装不当。
- Water softening units can be permanently installed into the plumbing system.管道系统中可以安装永久性的水软化装置。
- a recently installed swimming pool最近建成的游泳池
- The council failed to install pollution-monitoring equipment at the site.委员会未能在现场安装污染监控设备。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- correctly
- properly
- safely
- …
verb + install
- be easy to
- be simple to
preposition
- in
- on
phrases
- be installed as CEO, leader, president etc.
- newly installed
- recently installed
- …
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install something to put a new program onto a computer安装（程序）
- to install software/an app安装软件/应用程序
- Do not download and install programs from websites that you are unfamiliar with.不要从您不熟悉的网站下载和安装程序。
- install something on something Be selective about the apps you install on your device.选择安装在设备上的应用程序。
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Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- correctly
- properly
- safely
- …
verb + install
- be easy to
- be simple to
preposition
- in
- on
phrases
- be installed as CEO, leader, president etc.
- newly installed
- recently installed
- …
See full entry
install somebody (as something) to put somebody in a new position of authority, often with an official ceremony（常以正式仪式）使就职，任命
- He was installed as President last May.他于去年五月份正式就任总统。
- She was recently installed as president of the National Medical Association.她最近被任命为国家医学协会主席。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- correctly
- properly
- safely
- …
verb + install
- be easy to
- be simple to
preposition
- in
- on
phrases
- be installed as CEO, leader, president etc.
- newly installed
- recently installed
- …
See full entry
install somebody/yourself (+ adv./prep.) to make somebody/yourself comfortable in a particular place or position安顿；安置
- We installed ourselves in the front row.我们舒舒服服地坐进了前排。
- She saw her guests safely installed in their rooms and then went downstairs.她看到宾客们都在各自房间里安顿好了才下了楼。

Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (3)): from medieval Latin installare, from in- ‘into’ + stallum ‘place, stall’. Sense (1) dates from the mid 19th cent.