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old-established

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌold-esˈtablished adjective [only before noun]  having existed, been in business etc for a long time 早已存在的;经营多年的 old-established merchant banks 历史悠久的商业银行
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old-establishedBorn in 1882, Roosevelt came from an old-established and well-to-do landowning family of upstate New York.But that is no longer possible in the historical or old-established large nation- states.In the upland region an old-established pastoral economy and the local industry that supported it was in sharp decline.In the foreground can be seen the old-established straw-plait basket shop.Others had grown up around old-established trading posts, such as those on the Gold Coast or in Sierra Leone.
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old-established
ˌold-esˈtablished adjective [only before noun]
having existed, been in business etc for a long time:
    old-established merchant banks


old-establishedBrE /ˌəʊld ɪˈstæblɪʃt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌoʊld ɪˈstæblɪʃt/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] that has existed for a long time 年代久远的;古老的;悠久的;固有的