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institution

英[ɪnstɪ'tjuːʃ(ə)n] 美[,ɪnstɪ'tuʃən]
  • n. 制度;建立;(社会或宗教等)公共机构;习俗

英英释意


1. an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
2. an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
3. a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society;
"the institution of marriage"
"the institution of slavery"
"he had become an institution in the theater"
4. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new;
"she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"
"the foundation of a new scientific society"
"he regards the fork as a modern introduction"
5. a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person