英语单词 | institute |
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英美音标 | ['institju:t; 'instətu:t] |
中文释义 | n.学会,学院,协会 vt.创立,开始,制定,开始(调查),提起(诉讼) |
vocabulary简明 | An institute is an organization or association designed to study or promote something. If you're interested in politics, you might want to do an internship at one of Washington D.C.'s many political research institutes. |
vocabulary扩展 | While you may have heard of an institute, whether it’s the National Institute for Art Advancement or the National Cancer Institute, you may not know institute in its verb form. To institute something means to establish or advance it. You might institute the hiring of Spanish-speakers at your company, or, if workers complain about being overworked, you might institute a new policy on taking breaks. |
柯林斯星级 | ★★★★☆ |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 名称名词;名称名词]机构;协会;研究院;学院 An institute is an organization set up to do a particular type of work, especially research or teaching. You can also use institute to refer to the building the organization occupies.
2 [VERB 动词]建立(体系等);制定(规章等);开始;开创 If you institute a system, rule, or course of action, you start it. [V n] [FORMAL 正式]
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