institution

noun

1. （大学、银行等规模大的）机构
   a large important organization that has a particular purpose, for example, a university or bank
   1. an educational/financial, etc. institution
      教育、金融等机构
   2. the Smithsonian Institution
      史密森学会
2. 慈善机构；社会福利机构
   a building where people with special needs are taken care of, for example because they are old or mentally ill
   1. a mental institution
      精神病院
   2. 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。
3. （由来已久的）风俗习惯，制度
   a custom or system that has existed for a long time among a particular group of people
   1. the institution of marriage
      婚姻制度
4. 建立；设立；制定
   the act of starting or introducing sth such as a system or a law
   1. the institution of new safety procedures
      新安全规程的制定
5. （某地或工作中的）出名的人
   a person who is well known because they have been in a particular place or job for a long time
   1. 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士！

1. N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES (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.
   1. ...the Institution of Civil Engineers...
      土木工程学院
   2. Class size varies from one type of institution to another...
      班级大小因院校类型而异。
   3. ...banks and other financial institutions.
      银行和其他金融机构
2. N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES (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.
   1. He was transferred to Shoal Creek Mental Institution for an indefinite period...
      他被转到了肖尔溪精神病院，要在那里无限期地呆下去。
   2. Larry has been in an institution since he was four...
      拉里从4岁起就一直生活在孤儿院。
   3. He visited various penal institutions in the United Kingdom in the late 1930s.
      20 世纪 30 年代末他探访了英国各种各样的服刑机构。
3. N-COUNT 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.
   1. I believe in the institution of marriage.
      我相信婚姻制度。
   2. ...the institution of the family.
      家庭制度
4. N-UNCOUNT 建立;设立;制定
   The institution of a new system is the act of starting it or bringing it in.
   1. There was never an official institution of censorship in Albania.
      在阿尔巴尼亚从未设立过官方审查制度。
   2. ...the institution of the forty-hour week.
      每周 40 小时工作制的建立

1. This degree programme is fully accredited by the Institution of Electrical Engineers.
   这门学位课程经电气工程师学院鉴定完全合格。
2. The Brookings Institution has assembled a collection of essays from foreign affairs experts.
   布鲁金斯研究所将一批外交专家撰写的文章结集出版。
3. The woman will be confined to a mental institution
   这个女人将被关进精神病院。
4. Class size varies from one type of institution to another
   班级大小因院校类型而异。
5. He was transferred to Shoal Creek Mental Institution for an indefinite period
   他被转到了肖尔溪精神病院，要在那里无限期地呆下去。
6. Larry has been in an institution since he was four
   拉里从4岁起就一直生活在孤儿院。
7. He visited various penal institutions in the United Kingdom in the late 1930s.
   20世纪30年代末他探访了英国各种各样的服刑机构。
8. I believe in the institution of marriage.
   我相信婚姻制度。
9. There was never an official institution of censorship in Albania.
   在阿尔巴尼亚从未设立过官方审查制度。
10. The traditionalist influences within the navy marked it off as a rather old-fashioned institution.
    传统势力在海军内部的影响使其显得像是一个极其守旧的机构。
11. Does this institution have any redeeming features?
    这个机构有什么可取之处吗？
12. Bernard works at the same institution as Arlette
    伯纳德和阿莱特在同一家机构工作。
13. Congress as an institution scores low in public opinion polls.
    作为一个公共机构，国会在公众民意调查中得分很低。
14. May Day has become a venerable institution
    五朔节已经变成一个神圣庄严的传统节日。
15. And may I make so bold as to ask what institution sponsored your husband's expedition?
    我能否冒昧地问一下，是什么机构资助你丈夫的探险？
16. He went rather strange and had to be put into an institution.
    他性格变得相当古怪，结果只好把他送进精神病院。
17. Similarly, risk concentrations that might be acceptable at a single institution in a period of economic expansion could be dangerous if they existed at a large number of institutions simultaneously.
    同样，在经济扩张时期，一个单独的机构可以接受的风险集中，如果在大量的机构中同时存在，就是十分危险的。
18. For example, foreign Trade Arbitration Commission is such a kind of institution.
    比如中国国际贸易促进会对外经济仲裁委员会就是这样的机构。
19. He is an institution of the little town.
    他是这个小镇上有名的人物。
20. The institution of slavery was once widespread.
    奴隶制度一度广为流行。
21. People who had a major impact on china's modern history like Liao zhongkai, li dazhao, chen Duxiu and Peng Pai studied in this institution.
    在中国近代史上有着重要影响的廖仲恺、李大钊、陈独秀、彭湃等曾在这里负笈求学。
22. The government built a charitable institution for the education of young children.
    政府建立了一个儿童教育机构。
23. That old man in the park is a regular institution.
    那位老人是这公园的常客。
24. For this example, the partners are the customer and the financial institution.
    对于这个示例来说，伙伴是客户和金融机构。
25. The institution promotes knowledge about wolves 'ecology and their relationship with humans and the land.
    这个机构对狼的生态学以及它与人类和土地的关系进行研究。
26. A system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions.
    社会公共机构借以行使职责的方法和活动的机制。
27. Different hypotheses result in diverse definitions of the functions of institution.
    假设前提的不同，导致了对制度的功能和作用的不同界定。
28. For this reason, the research of party and party institution become an important content of modern political science.
    因此，政党和政党制度研究就成为现代政治学研究的重要内容。
29. Credit Standing Certificate and Enterprise's Insurance Certificate issued by the financial institution in the country;
    所在国金融机构出具的资信证明和企业保险证明；
30. The research on competitive mechanism of functionary institution is of great importance to better our civil service system.
    研究我国公务员制度的任用和淘汰竞争机制对进一步完善我国公务员制度具有十分重要的现实意义。

noun

1. the act of starting something for the first time
   1. she looked forward to her initiation as an adult
   2. the foundation of a new scientific society

   Synonym:    initiationfoundingfoundationoriginationcreationinnovationintroductioninstauration

2. an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated

3. a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

   Synonym:    mental hospitalpsychiatric hospitalmental institutionmental homeinsane asylumasylum

4. a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society
   1. the institution of marriage
   2. the institution of slavery
   3. he had become an institution in the theater

5. an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

   Synonym:    establishment