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英语单词 institutionalize
英美音标 英 [ˌɪnstɪ'tjuːʃənəlaɪz] 美 [ˌɪnstɪ'tuːʃənəlaɪz]
中文释义 v.使制度化;使……机构化;把某人置于公共机构照料之下
英语例句 (1) A social worker suggested that she institutionalize her ageing father.
中文例句 (1) 社工建议她把年老的父亲送进养老院.
vocabulary简明 If your sister were acting so crazy that you wished you could have her committed to a mental hospital, you'd be dreaming you could institutionalize her, or check her into an institution.
vocabulary扩展 The verb institutionalize is usually used to talk about committing people to hospitals, nursing homes, or other facilities where they will live and be taken care of in some way. There's another meaning of the word that means "to establish as a regular way of doing things." In this case, a teacher might institutionalize the tradition of ordering pizza for the class once a month; in other words, pizza parties would become a permanent, official part of the school year.
柯林斯解释
in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 institutionalise
1
[VERB 动词]将(病人、精神病患者、老人等)送往社会收容机构 If someone such as a sick, mentally ill, or old person is institutionalized, they are sent to stay in a special hospital or home, usually for a long period.
  [be V-ed]
  [V-ed]
  [usu passive]
  • She became seriously ill and had to be institutionalized for a lengthy period.

    她病得很重,必须在医院住很长一段时间。

  • She saw herself as a failure and had been institutionalized once for depression.

    她认为自己是个失败者,曾有一次因患抑郁症被送往精神病院治疗。

  • ...institutionalized kids with medical problems.

    收容在孤儿院、身体有疾病的孩子

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  • Institutionalization was necessary when his wife became both blind and violent.

    当他妻子失了明且行为变得粗暴时,不得不将她收治。

2
[VERB 动词]使制度化;使为文化(或社会)所认可;使约定俗成 To institutionalize something means to establish it as part of a culture, social system, or organization.
  [V n]
  [V-ed]
  • The goal is to institutionalize family planning into community life...

    目标是将计划生育纳入社区生活中。

  • In the first century there was no such thing as institutionalized religion.

    公元1世纪时还没有任何制度化的宗教存在。

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  • ...the institutionalization of social change.

    社会变迁的制度化

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