institution的读法

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. [C]惯例,习俗; 制度 a habit, custom
2. [C]为人熟知常在某处的人 a person who has been seen in the same place for a long time
3. [C]知名人士,名流 a person who is a very familiar figure in some activity or place
4. [C]社会机构 an organization
5. [C]精神病院 mental hospital
6. [C]慈善机构 a place where a lot of people live
7. [U]建立,制定 the act of instituting

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

• adopt institution接受习俗
• endow an institution向公共机构捐赠基金
• support an institution资助某一公共机构

• charitable institution慈善机构
• regular institution常客
• educational institution教育机构

• business institution商业机构
• government institution政府机构

• institution for the education为教育而设立的慈善机构
• the institution of a new law新法律的制定

• 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。