institutions

英 [ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənz]

美 [ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz]

n.  (大学、银行等规模大的)机构; 慈善机构; 社会福利机构; (由来已久的)风俗习惯，制度
institution的复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES (大学、教会、银行等)(大型)机构
  Aninstitutionis 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
• N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES (精神病院、孤儿院等)社会收容机构
  Aninstitutionis 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。
• N-COUNT 习俗;制度
  Aninstitutionis 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
• N-UNCOUNT 建立;设立;制定
  Theinstitutionof 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

双语例句

• They applied to other medical institutions for assistance.
  他们向其他医疗机构求援。
• A deal between the two powerful institutions would have created a banking monolith.
  若是这两个强大机构之间达成交易，就会产生一个金融业的巨无霸。
• Many institutions offering child care are understaffed and underequipped.
  许多保育机构人手不够，设备也不足。
• The government promised to implement a new system to control financial loan institutions
  政府许诺实施新的制度来控制金融贷款机构。
• The army was one of the few institutions the secret police were not encouraged to penetrate.
  军队是不鼓励秘密警察渗入的少数机构之一。
• 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。
• It is important to think about how these institutions might be reconstructed in our own societies.
  重要的是，要想想在我们自己的社会里如何对这些机构进行改造。
• We are all inclined to mourn the passing of old institutions.
  我们常为失去古老的习俗而惋惜。
• The new institutions do not encroach on political power
  新机构没有侵犯到政治权力。
• It calls for the exclusion of all commercial lending institutions from the college loan program
  它提倡将所有商贷机构排除在高校贷款计划之外。