institution

英 [ˌɪnstɪ'tjuːʃn] 美 [ˌɪnstɪ'tuːʃn]

• n. 制定；制度；机构；名流

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]惯例,习俗; 制度

   a habit, custom

2. [C]为人熟知常在某处的人

   a person who has been seen in the same place for a long time

3. [C]知名人士,名流

   a person who is a very familiar figure in some activity or place

4. [C]社会机构

   an organization

5. [C]精神病院

   mental hospital

6. [C]慈善机构

   a place where a lot of people live

7. [U]建立,制定

   the act of instituting

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 设立，建立，创设
2. 制度，规定
3. 制定
4. 机构，学会，协会
5. 习俗，惯例
6. 公共团体，社会事业机构
7. 公共团体的建筑物
8. 院，会，社，馆，所，机关

英英释义

Noun:

1. an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

2. an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated

3. a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society;

   "the institution of marriage"
   "the institution of slavery"
   "he had become an institution in the theater"
   

4. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new;

   "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"
   "the foundation of a new scientific society"
   

5. a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The institution of school rules is necessary.
   制定学校规则的是很有必要的。
2. Marriage is an institution in most societies.
   婚姻是大多数社会早已确立的制度。
3. Marriage is love. Love is blind. Therefore marriage is an institution for the blind.
   婚姻就是爱情,爱情是盲目的,所以婚姻是一所收容盲人的机构。
4. My uncle has become quite an institution at the club.
   我叔叔在俱乐部里已是颇有名气的人物了。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. They adopted western culture, institutions, and even clothing.
   他们接受了西方的文化、习俗甚至服饰。
2. The institution of slavery was once widespread.
   奴隶制度一度广为流行。
3. That old man in the park is a regular institution.
   那位老人是这公园的常客。
4. He is an institution of the little town.
   他是这个小镇上有名的人物。
5. All the leading government institutions are quartered here.
   政府的主要机构都设在这里。
6. 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。
7. Institution of such schools was geared to these needs.
   这种学校的建立是与这些需要相配合的。
8. The government built a charitable institution for the education of young children.
   政府建立了一个儿童教育机构。

经典引文

• Before the Institution of coined money..people must always have been liable to the grossest frauds.

  出自： Adam Smith

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• adopt institution 接受习俗
• endow an institution 向公共机构捐赠基金
• support an institution 资助某一公共机构

形容词+～

• charitable institution 慈善机构
• regular institution 常客
• educational institution 教育机构

名词+～

• business institution 商业机构
• government institution 政府机构

～+介词

• institution for the education 为教育而设立的慈善机构
• the institution of a new law 新法律的制定

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古法语的institucion，意为机构，协会。

近反义词

【近义词】

• establishment
• organization