institution

复数：institutions

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

• 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

financial institution金融机构

institution of higher learning高等学校

medical institution医疗机构；医疗院所

public institution[法]公共机构

social institution社会制度

brookings institution布鲁金斯学会

institution of higher education高等学校；高等院校

academic institution学术机构；研究所；学院

banking institution[经]金融机构

investment institution投资机构

mental institution 精神病院（等于mental asylum）

royal institution n. 英国科学研究所

peculiar institution n. 旧时美国南部的黑奴制度

smithsonian institution史密森学会

lending institution借贷机构；信用机构

authorized institution认可机构

authorized financial institution认可财务机构；认可金融机构

representative institution代议制机构

1. The institution of school rules is necessary.
   制定学校规则的是很有必要的。
2. Marriage is an institution in most societies.
   婚姻是大多数社会早已确立的制度。
3. Marriage is love. Love is blind. Therefore marriage is an institution for the blind.
   婚姻就是爱情,爱情是盲目的,所以婚姻是一所收容盲人的机构。
4. My uncle has become quite an institution at the club.
   我叔叔在俱乐部里已是颇有名气的人物了。