install
verb(also British English, less frequent instal)
- install something
to fix equipment or furniture into position so that it can be used 安裝；設置 They're planning to install a new drainage system. 他們計劃安裝一個新的排水系統。 Make sure the equipment is properly installed. 要確保設備安裝正確。 A hidden camera had been installed in the room. 房間裏安裝了一個隐藏的攝像頭。
Extra ExamplesA professionally installed alarm will cost from about £500. 一套專業化安裝的警報器至少需要花費 500 英鎊左右。 An anti-theft device is installed in the vehicle. 車中安裝了防盜裝置。 The loft ladder is easily installed. 閣樓的梯子很容易就安裝好了。 The switches are cheap to buy and easy to install. 這些開關價格低廉，而且安裝簡便。 They estimate that four out of five child car seats are installed improperly. 他們估計有五分之四的兒童汽車座椅安裝不當。 Water softening units can be permanently installed into the plumbing system. 管道系統中可以安裝永久性的水軟化裝置。 a recently installed swimming pool 最近建成的遊泳池 The council failed to install pollution-monitoring equipment at the site. 委員會未能在現場安裝污染監控設備。
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 安裝（程序） to install software/an app 安裝軟件/應用程序 Do not download and install programs from websites that you are unfamiliar with. 不要從您不熟悉的網站下載和安裝程序。 - install something on something
Be selective about the apps you install on your device. 選擇安裝在設備上的應用程序。
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 （常以正式儀式）使就職，任命 He was installed as President last May. 他於去年五月份正式就任總統。 She was recently installed as president of the National Medical Association. 她最近被任命爲國家醫學協會主席。
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 安頓；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.