[N-COUNT； N-IN-NAMES 名称名词；名称名词](大学、教会、银行等)(大型)机构 An institution is a large important organization such as a university, church, or bank.
...the Institution of Civil Engineers...
土木工程学院
Class size varies from one type of institution to another...
班级大小因院校类型而异。
...banks and other financial institutions.
银行和其他金融机构
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[N-COUNT； N-IN-NAMES 名称名词；名称名词](精神病院、孤儿院等)社会收容机构 An institution is a building where certain people are looked after, for example people who are mentally ill or children who have no parents.
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。
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。
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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]习俗；制度 An institution is 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.
[usu N of n]
I believe in the institution of marriage.
我相信婚姻制度。
...the institution of the family.
家庭制度
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]建立；设立；制定 The institution of a new system is the act of starting it or bringing it in.
[usu N of n]
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 institution of the forty-hour week.
每周 40 小时工作制的建立
Oxford
in·sti·tu·tion★AWL/ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃn; NAmEˌɪnstɪˈtuːʃn/noun1★[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◆an educational/financial, etc. institution教育、金融等机构◆the Smithsonian Institution史密森学会2[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◆a mental institution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。3[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◆the institution of marriage婚姻制度4[uncountable ]the act of starting or introducing sth such as a system or a law 建立；设立；制订◆the institution of new safety procedures新安全规程的制订5[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！institutioninstitutionsin·sti·tu·tion/ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃn; NAmEˌɪnstɪˈtuːʃn/
1[countable] a large organization that has a particular kind of work or purposefinancial/educational/research etc institution the government and other political institutions powerful institutions such as world banks the Institution of Electrical Engineers► see thesaurus at
organization
2[countable] an important system of organization in society that has existed for a long time: social institutions such as the family and religionthe institution of marriage/monarchy etc The scandal threatened to undermine the institution of the presidency.3[countable] a building that people are sent to when they need to be looked after, for example old people or children with no parents – often used to show disapproval: I was determined not to put my mother in an institution. a mental institution (=for the mentally ill)4[uncountable] when something is started or introduced, especially something relating to the law or politicsinstitution of the institution of divorce proceedings5be an institution if a person, place, event etc is an institution, they have been an important part of a place for a very long time – often used humorously: The British pub isn’t just somewhere to drink – it’s an institution.
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