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a large important organization that has a particular purpose, for example a university or bank （大學、銀行等規模大的）機構 The deal is backed by one of the country's largest financial institutions. 這筆交易得到了該國最大的一家金融機構的支持。 He has worked as a visiting lecturer for various educational institutions. 他曾在各種教育機構擔任客座講師。 The system is targeted mainly at academic and research institutions. 該系統主要是針對學術和研究機構而設的。 the Smithsonian Institution 史密森學會 - institution of something
The region boasts several institutions of higher education. 該地區擁有幾所高等教育機構。
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationb2The College is one of the most prestigious medical institutions in the country. 這家學院是該國最知名的醫學院校之一。 We need to create institutions that benefit our community. 我們需要創建一些有益於我們社區的機構。 a course at an institution of higher education 一所高等院校的一門課程 cultural institutions such as the Danish Institute 丹麥研究所之類的文化機構 examination procedures within educational institutions 教育機構内部的考試程序 young people who attend higher-education institutions 就學於高等院校的年輕人
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- central
- large
- major
- …
- build
- create
- found
- …
- 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 慈善機構；社會福利機構 They had him committed to a mental institution. 他們把他送進了精神病院。 We want this to be like a home, not an institution. 我們希望這裏像個家，而不像收容所。
Extra Examplespatients in mental institutions 精神病院裏的病人 an institution for mentally ill offenders 爲患有精神病的違法者設立的精神病院 The state built institutions for those who were considered insane. 國家爲那些被認定精神不正常的人建立了收容機構。 Many people with dementia would rather remain at home than be placed in an institution. 許多患有癡呆症的人甯願留在家裏也不願被送進福利院。 He was released from the state institution where he had been confined for four years. 他獲釋離開了那個關了他 4 年的國立收容所。
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 （由來已久的）風俗習慣，制度 He claimed this threatened ‘the sacred institution of marriage’. 他聲稱此舉威脅了“神聖的婚姻傳統”。 Fish and chips became a national institution in Britain. 炸魚和薯條已經成了英國的一種文化。
Extra ExamplesFootball is a national institution in this country. 足球是這個國家的一種文化。 American laws once protected the institution of slavery. 美國的法律曾經保護過奴隸制。 These changes threaten some of our most cherished institutions. 這些變化威脅到一些我們最爲珍視的習俗。 These values are embedded in mainstream social institutions. 這些價值觀滲入到了主流社會習俗之中。 cultural institutions such as religious and legal codes 教規和法律規範之類的文化習俗 Parliament remains the central institution of the constitution of the United Kingdom. 議會仍然是聯合王國政體的核心機構。 They argue for the reform of existing political institutions. 他們主張對現有政治機構進行改革。 the central institutions of the nation's constitution 這個國家政體的中央機構 They are studying ways to reform government institutions. 他們正在研究改革政府機構的方法。
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；設立；制定 the institution of new safety procedures 新安全規程的制定
- [countable] (informal, humorous)
a person who is well known because they have been in a particular place or job for a long time （某地或某工作領域）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.