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Compared meaning: to create or start an organization or thing (verb).

比较义项：建立、创办（机构、组织或事物）（动词）。

• establish

  Establish emphasizes building something so it becomes stable, permanent, and recognized, such as a business, rule, or reputation; it stresses the lasting result, not the initial founding act.

  establish强调把某件事物建立起来，使其变得稳固、持久并获得认可，比如生意、规则或声誉；它侧重最终的持久结果，而不是最初的创立行为。

  The founders worked for years to establish trust with their customers.

  创始人们努力多年，以在客户中建立信任。

• launch

  Launch highlights the moment something new is introduced or started, especially a product, service, or campaign; it focuses on the beginning, not whether the thing lasts.

  launch强调某个新事物被推出或开始的那一刻，尤指产品、服务或活动；它关注的是开端，而不在意这件事物是否会持续下去。

  The startup plans to launch a new app next month.

  这家初创公司计划下个月推出一款新应用。

• found 本词

  Found means to create an organization, company, or institution from nothing, often as its original founder; it's common in passive form ('was founded in') and pairs with institutions, not general businesses or products.

  found指从无到有创建一个机构、公司或组织，通常强调是最初的创始人；常用被动式（如“was founded in”），搭配机构类名词，而不是一般的生意或产品。

  Two engineers founded the company back in 2005.

  两位工程师在2005年创立了这家公司。

All three mean to create or start something. Establish stresses making something stable and lasting, like a business or reputation. Launch highlights the moment something new begins, like a product or campaign. Found means to create an institution from nothing, often as its original founder.

这三个词在“创建或开始某事物”这一意义上相近，但侧重不同：establish强调使其稳固持久，launch强调推出新事物的那一刻，found强调从无到有创立机构。此处不比较found作为find的过去式和过去分词的用法。