install
verb(also British English, less frequent instal)
- 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 ExamplesA 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 Dictionaryadverb- correctly
- properly
- safely
- …
- be easy to
- be simple to
- in
- on
- be installed as CEO, leader, president etc.
- newly installed
- recently installed
- …
- 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。
WordfinderTopics Computersb2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- correctly
- properly
- safely
- …
- be easy to
- be simple to
- in
- on
- be installed as CEO, leader, president etc.
- newly installed
- recently installed
- …
- 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 Dictionaryadverb- correctly
- properly
- safely
- …
- be easy to
- be simple to
- in
- on
- be installed as CEO, leader, president etc.
- newly installed
- recently installed
- …
- install somebody/yourself (+ adv./prep.)
to make somebody/yourself comfortable in a particular place or position 安顿；安置
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.