institution

英 [?nst?'tju??(?)n] 美[,?nst?'tu??n]
  • n. 制度；建立；（社會(huì)或宗教等）公共機(jī)構(gòu)；習(xí)俗

英英釋意

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