institution
institution 英 [ˌɪnstɪˈtju:ʃn] 美 [ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃn]
n. 机构，制度；设立
名词复数:institutions
- 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!
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- n. 机构，制度；设立
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1. an educational institution, an financial institution
教育、金融等机构
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2. a mental institution
精神病院
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3. 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。
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4. the institution of marriage
婚姻制度
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5. the institution of new safety procedures
新安全规程的制订
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6. 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！
- institution (n.) c. 1400, "action of establishing or founding (a system of government, a religious order, etc.)," from Old French institucion "foundation; thing established" (12c.), from Latin institutionem (nominative institutio) "a disposition, arrangement; instruction, education," noun of state from institutus (see institute (v.)).
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