institution
noun /ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃn/
/ˌɪnstɪˈtuːʃn/
- [countable] a large important organization that has a particular purpose, for example a university or bank
（大学、银行等规模大的）机构 - The deal is backed by one of the country's largest financial institutions.
这笔交易得到了该国最大的一家金融机构的支持。 - He has worked as a visiting lecturer for various educational institutions.
他曾在各种教育机构担任客座讲师。 - The system is targeted mainly at academic and research institutions.
该系统主要是针对学术和研究机构而设的。 - the Smithsonian Institution
史密森学会 - institution of something The region boasts several institutions of higher education.
该地区拥有几所高等教育机构。
Topics Educationb2- The College is one of the most prestigious medical institutions in the country.
这家学院是该国最知名的医学院校之一。 - We need to create institutions that benefit our community.
我们需要创建一些有益于我们社区的机构。 - a course at an institution of higher education
一所高等院校的一门课程 - cultural institutions such as the Danish Institute
丹麦研究所之类的文化机构 - examination procedures within educational institutions
教育机构内部的考试程序 - young people who attend higher-education institutions
就学于高等院校的年轻人
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- central
- large
- major
- …
- build
- create
- found
- …
- at a/the institution
- in institution
- within institution
- …
- The deal is backed by one of the country's largest financial institutions.
- [countable] (usually disapproving) a building where people with special needs are taken care of, for example because they are old or mentally ill
慈善机构；社会福利机构 - They had him committed to a mental institution.
他们把他送进了精神病院。 - 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。
- patients in mental institutions
精神病院里的病人 - an institution for mentally ill offenders
为患有精神病的违法者设立的精神病院 - The state built institutions for those who were considered insane.
国家为那些被认定精神不正常的人建立了收容机构。 - Many people with dementia would rather remain at home than be placed in an institution.
许多患有痴呆症的人宁愿留在家里也不愿被送进福利院。 - He was released from the state institution where he had been confined for four years.
他获释离开了那个关了他 4 年的国立收容所。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- mental
- correctional
- penal
- …
- build
- be admitted to
- be placed in
- …
- at institution
- in institution
- institution for
- …
- They had him committed to a mental institution.
- [countable] a custom or system that has existed for a long time among a particular group of people
（由来已久的）风俗习惯，制度 - He claimed this threatened ‘the sacred institution of marriage’.
他声称此举威胁了“神圣的婚姻传统”。 - Fish and chips became a national institution in Britain.
炸鱼和薯条已经成了英国的一种文化。
- Football is a national institution in this country.
足球是这个国家的一种文化。 - American laws once protected the institution of slavery.
美国的法律曾经保护过奴隶制。 - These changes threaten some of our most cherished institutions.
这些变化威胁到一些我们最为珍视的习俗。 - These values are embedded in mainstream social institutions.
这些价值观渗入到了主流社会习俗之中。 - cultural institutions such as religious and legal codes
教规和法律规范之类的文化习俗 - Parliament remains the central institution of the constitution of the United Kingdom.
议会仍然是联合王国政体的核心机构。 - They argue for the reform of existing political institutions.
他们主张对现有政治机构进行改革。 - the central institutions of the nation's constitution
这个国家政体的中央机构 - They are studying ways to reform government institutions.
他们正在研究改革政府机构的方法。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- national
- cultural
- economic
- …
- threaten
- undermine
- weaken
- …
- He claimed this threatened ‘the sacred institution of marriage’.
- [uncountable] the act of starting or introducing something such as a system or a law
建立；设立；制定 - the institution of new safety procedures
新安全规程的制定
- the institution of new safety procedures
- [countable] (informal, humorous) a person who is well known because they have been in a particular place or job for a long time
（某地或某工作领域）出名的人 - 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物！
- You must know him—he's an institution around here!
词源late Middle English (in senses (3) and (4)): via Old French from Latin institutio(n-), from the verb instituere, from in- ‘in, towards’ + statuere ‘set up’. Sense (1) dates from the early 18th cent.