institution

英 [ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃn]

美 [ˌɪnstɪˈtuːʃn]

n.  (大学、银行等规模大的)机构; 慈善机构; 社会福利机构; (由来已久的)风俗习惯，制度

复数：institutions　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.880 / COCA.987

牛津词典

noun

• （大学、银行等规模大的）机构
  a large important organization that has a particular purpose, for example, a university or bank
  1. an educational/financial, etc. institution
     教育、金融等机构
  2. the Smithsonian Institution
     史密森学会
• 慈善机构；社会福利机构
  a building where people with special needs are taken care of, for example because they are old or mentally ill
  1. a mental institution
     精神病院
  2. We want this to be like a home, not an institution.
     我们希望这里像个家，而不像收容所。
• （由来已久的）风俗习惯，制度
  a custom or system that has existed for a long time among a particular group of people
  1. the institution of marriage
     婚姻制度
• 建立；设立；制定
  the act of starting or introducing sth such as a system or a law
  1. the institution of new safety procedures
     新安全规程的制定
• （某地或工作中的）出名的人
  a person who is well known because they have been in a particular place or job for a long time
  1. You must know him─he's an institution around here!
     你一定认识他——他是这一带的知名人士！

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES (大学、教会、银行等)(大型)机构
  Aninstitutionis a large important organization such as a university, church, or bank.
  1. ...the Institution of Civil Engineers...
     土木工程学院
  2. Class size varies from one type of institution to another...
     班级大小因院校类型而异。
  3. ...banks and other financial institutions.
     银行和其他金融机构
• N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES (精神病院、孤儿院等)社会收容机构
  Aninstitutionis a building where certain people are looked after, for example people who are mentally ill or children who have no parents.
  1. He was transferred to Shoal Creek Mental Institution for an indefinite period...
     他被转到了肖尔溪精神病院，要在那里无限期地呆下去。
  2. Larry has been in an institution since he was four...
     拉里从4岁起就一直生活在孤儿院。
  3. He visited various penal institutions in the United Kingdom in the late 1930s.
     20 世纪 30 年代末他探访了英国各种各样的服刑机构。
• N-COUNT 习俗;制度
  Aninstitutionis a custom or system that is considered an important or typical feature of a particular society or group, usually because it has existed for a long time.
  1. I believe in the institution of marriage.
     我相信婚姻制度。
  2. ...the institution of the family.
     家庭制度
• N-UNCOUNT 建立;设立;制定
  Theinstitutionof a new system is the act of starting it or bringing it in.
  1. There was never an official institution of censorship in Albania.
     在阿尔巴尼亚从未设立过官方审查制度。
  2. ...the institution of the forty-hour week.
     每周 40 小时工作制的建立

英英释义

noun

• the act of starting something for the first time
  1. she looked forward to her initiation as an adult
  2. the foundation of a new scientific society
  Synonym:initiationfoundingfoundationoriginationcreationinnovationintroductioninstauration
• an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
• a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
  Synonym:mental hospitalpsychiatric hospitalmental institutionmental homeinsane asylumasylum
• a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society
  1. the institution of marriage
  2. the institution of slavery
  3. he had become an institution in the theater
• an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
  Synonym:establishment

双语例句

• There was never an official institution of censorship in Albania.
  在阿尔巴尼亚从未设立过官方审查制度。
• The traditionalist influences within the navy marked it off as a rather old-fashioned institution.
  传统势力在海军内部的影响使其显得像是一个极其守旧的机构。
• May Day has become a venerable institution
  五朔节已经变成一个神圣庄严的传统节日。
• Does this institution have any redeeming features?
  这个机构有什么可取之处吗？
• People who had a major impact on china's modern history like Liao zhongkai, li dazhao, chen Duxiu and Peng Pai studied in this institution.
  在中国近代史上有着重要影响的廖仲恺、李大钊、陈独秀、彭湃等曾在这里负笈求学。
• He went rather strange and had to be put into an institution.
  他性格变得相当古怪，结果只好把他送进精神病院。
• That old man in the park is a regular institution.
  那位老人是这公园的常客。
• Congress as an institution scores low in public opinion polls.
  作为一个公共机构，国会在公众民意调查中得分很低。
• The institution promotes knowledge about wolves 'ecology and their relationship with humans and the land.
  这个机构对狼的生态学以及它与人类和土地的关系进行研究。
• The Brookings Institution has assembled a collection of essays from foreign affairs experts.
  布鲁金斯研究所将一批外交专家撰写的文章结集出版。