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a large important organization that has a particular purpose, for example a university or bank （大学、银行等规模大的）机构 The deal is backed by one of the country's largest financial institutions. 这笔交易得到了该国最大的一家金融机构的支持。 He has worked as a visiting lecturer for various educational institutions. 他曾在各种教育机构担任客座讲师。 The system is targeted mainly at academic and research institutions. 该系统主要是针对学术和研究机构而设的。 the Smithsonian Institution 史密森学会 - institution of something
The region boasts several institutions of higher education. 该地区拥有几所高等教育机构。
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationb2The College is one of the most prestigious medical institutions in the country. 这家学院是该国最知名的医学院校之一。 We need to create institutions that benefit our community. 我们需要创建一些有益于我们社区的机构。 a course at an institution of higher education 一所高等院校的一门课程 cultural institutions such as the Danish Institute 丹麦研究所之类的文化机构 examination procedures within educational institutions 教育机构内部的考试程序 young people who attend higher-education institutions 就学于高等院校的年轻人
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- central
- large
- major
- …
- build
- create
- found
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- at a/the institution
- in institution
- within institution
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- [countable] (usually disapproving)
a building where people with special needs are taken care of, for example because they are old or mentally ill 慈善机构；社会福利机构 They had him committed to a mental institution. 他们把他送进了精神病院。 We want this to be like a home, not an institution. 我们希望这里像个家，而不像收容所。
Extra Examplespatients in mental institutions 精神病院里的病人 an institution for mentally ill offenders 为患有精神病的违法者设立的精神病院 The state built institutions for those who were considered insane. 国家为那些被认定精神不正常的人建立了收容机构。 Many people with dementia would rather remain at home than be placed in an institution. 许多患有痴呆症的人宁愿留在家里也不愿被送进福利院。 He was released from the state institution where he had been confined for four years. 他获释离开了那个关了他 4 年的国立收容所。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- mental
- correctional
- penal
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- build
- be admitted to
- be placed in
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- at institution
- in institution
- institution for
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a custom or system that has existed for a long time among a particular group of people （由来已久的）风俗习惯，制度 He claimed this threatened ‘the sacred institution of marriage’. 他声称此举威胁了“神圣的婚姻传统”。 Fish and chips became a national institution in Britain. 炸鱼和薯条已经成了英国的一种文化。
Extra ExamplesFootball is a national institution in this country. 足球是这个国家的一种文化。 American laws once protected the institution of slavery. 美国的法律曾经保护过奴隶制。 These changes threaten some of our most cherished institutions. 这些变化威胁到一些我们最为珍视的习俗。 These values are embedded in mainstream social institutions. 这些价值观渗入到了主流社会习俗之中。 cultural institutions such as religious and legal codes 教规和法律规范之类的文化习俗 Parliament remains the central institution of the constitution of the United Kingdom. 议会仍然是联合王国政体的核心机构。 They argue for the reform of existing political institutions. 他们主张对现有政治机构进行改革。 the central institutions of the nation's constitution 这个国家政体的中央机构 They are studying ways to reform government institutions. 他们正在研究改革政府机构的方法。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- national
- cultural
- economic
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- threaten
- undermine
- weaken
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the act of starting or introducing something such as a system or a law 建立；设立；制定 the institution of new safety procedures 新安全规程的制定
- [countable] (informal, humorous)
a person who is well known because they have been in a particular place or job for a long time （某地或某工作领域）出名的人
Word Originlate Middle English (in senses (3) and (4)): via Old French from Latin institutio(n-), from the verb instituere, from in- ‘in, towards’ + statuere ‘set up’. Sense (1) dates from the early 18th cent.