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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?cè)诠⒗锇惭b了一根新的電話(huà)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(zhǎng)。

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(qǐng)她來(lái)參加他就任部落酋長(zhǎng)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(lái)。