核心畫面

Picture something that has been standing in place long enough that people no longer question it — it has 'set' like cement and become part of the landscape. Because it has lasted, it is accepted, trusted, and treated as the normal state of things.

可以想成一樣「已經立在那裡很久、久到沒人再去質疑」的東西——它像水泥一樣定型了,成了風景的一部分。正因為它撐了這麼久更多收起可以想成一樣「已經立在那裡很久、久到沒人再去質疑」的東西——它像水泥一樣定型了,成了風景的一部分。正因為它撐了這麼久,大家就接受它、信任它,把它當成理所當然的常態。

One branch

立得久而被接受

三個意思都從「立得夠久、所以被當成既定的」這個核心長出來,差別只在主角是制度、人,還是教會。

long-accepted · adjective · B2

Already in use or having existed for a long time, so people accept it.

既有的 / 確立已久的

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

establishedadj/ɪˈstæb.lɪʃt/

  • 1

    Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.

    • Near-synonyms: long-standing, accomplished (of faits accomplis)
  • 2

    Having been successful for a long time and therefore recognized and generally respected.

    • Near-synonym: accomplished
  • 3

    Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.

    • Anglicanism did manage to strengthen its position in the southern English American colonies after Charles II's restoration (even in cosmopolitan New York), gaining established status in six out of the eventual thirteen.
  • 4

    Of any social or economic entity: part of the establishment (“groups with socioeconomic power”).

  • 5

    Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。