install vt.(installed;-stalling) 1.任命,使就(職),把…安插到(in)。 2.安置,使坐,使入席。 3.安裝(機(jī)器),設(shè)置。 install a college president 任命學(xué)院院長。 install sb. in an office 把某人安插在辦公室里。 install sb. in a deck chair 讓某人坐在甲板上的躺椅上。 be installed in a seat 在座位上坐定。 install a heating system 裝設(shè)暖氣設(shè)備。
A man came to install a telephone in our home 有個(gè)人來為我們家安裝了電話。
The customer , who called a company helpline after an engineer failed to turn up to install a telephone line , was forced to endure the sound of piped music during several calls over three days 這位顧客在一位技工沒能按時(shí)前來接通她的電話后撥通了該公司的求助電話,結(jié)果在三天內(nèi)數(shù)次通話時(shí)不得不忍受著沒完沒了的背景音樂。