install

动词 install:

1. set up for use
   同义词：instal, put in, set up
2. put into an office or a position
3. place
   同义词：instal, set up, establish

1. How long will the connection of the telephone take? ie How long will it take to install a telephone and connect it to the exchange?
   安装电话机与总机接通要多长时间?
2. To minimize the risk of burglary, install a good alarm system.
   安装可靠的报警设备以减低被盗的风险。
3. She installed her air-conditioner without help.
   没请别人帮助，她自己安装了空调。
4. The workers are installing a heating system.
   工人们正在安装供暖系统。

install 也作 in.stal

v.tr.（及物动词）
in.stalled,in.stall.ing,in.stalls 也作 in.stals
To set in position and connect or adjust for use:
安装：放入其位置并安装连接好或调整以供使用：
例句：
installed the new furnace.
安装新壁炉

To induct into an office, a rank, or a position:
任命：使就职于某职位、军衔或位置：
例句：
a ceremony to install the new governor.
新总督的就职仪式

To settle in an indicated place or condition; establish:
安顿：在指定的地点或情况下安顿下来；建立：
例句：
installed myself in the spare room.
我在空余的屋子安顿下来

来源：
Middle English installen [to place in office]
中古英语 installen [就职]
from Old French installer
源自 古法语 installer
from Medieval Latin install3re
源自 中世纪拉丁语 install3re
in- [in] from Latin * see in- 2
in- [在…里] 源自 拉丁语 *参见 in-2
stallum [stall, place] * see stel-
stallum [使停顿，地方] *参见 stel-

【引伸】
install.er
n.（名词）