英语单词 | institution |
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英美音标 | 英 [ˌɪnstɪ'tjuːʃn] 美 [ˌɪnstɪ'tuːʃn] |
中文释义 | n.制定;制度;机构;名流 |
英语例句 | (1) The institution of school rules is necessary. (2) Marriage is an institution in most societies. (3) My uncle has become quite an institution at the club. |
中文例句 | (1) 制定学校规则的是很有必要的。 (2) 婚姻是大多数社会早已确立的制度。 (3) 我叔叔在俱乐部里已是颇有名气的人物了。 |
vocabulary简明 | Universities, banks, and hospitals are all institutions. Until you arrived at the bank, you'd forgotten that financial institutions were closed for the holiday. Thank goodness for the ATM! |
vocabulary扩展 | The noun institution also refers to a long held custom or practice in society. Even if your parents divorced when you were young, you might strongly believe in the institution of marriage. Or you might believe that once you enter the institution of marriage, your next stop will probably be a mental institution. Institution can also describe the act of putting something in place. The institution of new traffic rules — green means stop and red means go — caused a bit of confusion. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [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.
2 [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.
3 [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
4 [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
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