installed

柯林斯詞典

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. 安裝
They had installed a new phone line in the apartment. 他們在公寓里安裝了一根新的電話線。
2. installationN-UNCOUNT 安裝
Hundreds of lives could be saved if the installation of alarms was more widespread. 如果警報(bào)器的安裝范圍更為廣泛，成百上千人的生命就可能獲救。
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
A temporary government was installed. 一屆臨時(shí)政府被正式任命。
Professor Sawyer was formally installed as president last Thursday. 上星期二，索耶教授被正式任命為校長。
4. installationN-UNCOUNT 任命儀式; 就職儀式
He sent a letter inviting Naomi to attend his installation as chief of his tribe. 他給娜奧米寄了封信，邀請她來參加他就任部落酋長的儀式。
5. V-T If you install yourself in a particular place, you settle there and make yourself comfortable. 安頓[正式]
Before her husband's death she had installed herself in a modern villa. 在丈夫去世之前她就已經(jīng)在一所現(xiàn)代的別墅里安頓了下來。