institution例句

1. 设立，建立，创设
2. 制度，规定
3. 制定
4. 机构，学会，协会
5. 习俗，惯例
6. 公共团体，社会事业机构
7. 公共团体的建筑物
8. 院，会，社，馆，所，机关

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"
   

5. a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

1.(大学、教会、银行等)(大型)机构
Aninstitution is a large important organization such as a university, church, or bank.

e.g. ...theInstitution of Civil Engineers...
土木工程学院
e.g. Class size varies from one type ofinstitution to another...
班级大小因院校类型而异。

2.(精神病院、孤儿院等)社会收容机构
Aninstitution is a building where certain people are looked after, for example people who are mentally ill or children who have no parents.

e.g. He was transferred to Shoal Creek MentalInstitution 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。
e.g. Larry has been in aninstitution since he was four...
拉里从4岁起就一直生活在孤儿院。

3.习俗;制度
Aninstitution 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.

e.g. I believe in theinstitution of marriage.
我相信婚姻制度。
e.g. ...theinstitution of the family.
家庭制度

4.建立;设立;制定
Theinstitution of a new system is the act of starting it or bringing it in.

e.g. There was never an officialinstitution of censorship in Albania.
在阿尔巴尼亚从未设立过官方审查制度。
e.g. ...theinstitution of the forty-hour week.
每周 40 小时工作制的建立

1. They adopted western culture, institutions, and even clothing.
   他们接受了西方的文化、习俗甚至服饰。
2. The institution of slavery was once widespread.
   奴隶制度一度广为流行。
3. That old man in the park is a regular institution.
   那位老人是这公园的常客。
4. He is an institution of the little town.
   他是这个小镇上有名的人物。
5. All the leading government institutions are quartered here.
   政府的主要机构都设在这里。
6. 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。
7. Institution of such schools was geared to these needs.
   这种学校的建立是与这些需要相配合的。
8. 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。

• Before the Institution of coined money..people must always have been liable to the grossest frauds.

  出自：Adam Smith

• ☆ 直接源自古法语的institucion，意为机构，协会。