单词
institution
英 [?nst?'tju??(?)n]
美[,?nst?'tu??n]
基本信息
- n. 制度；建立；（社会或宗教等）公共机构；习俗
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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
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