institutions

英 [ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənz]

美 [ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz]

n.  (大学、银行等规模大的)机构; 慈善机构; 社会福利机构; (由来已久的)风俗习惯，制度
institution的复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES (大学、教会、银行等)(大型)机构
  Aninstitutionis a large important organization such as a university, church, or bank.
  1. ...the Institution of Civil Engineers...
     土木工程学院
  2. Class size varies from one type of institution to another...
     班级大小因院校类型而异。
  3. ...banks and other financial institutions.
     银行和其他金融机构
• N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES (精神病院、孤儿院等)社会收容机构
  Aninstitutionis a building where certain people are looked after, for example people who are mentally ill or children who have no parents.
  1. He was transferred to Shoal Creek Mental Institution for an indefinite period...
     他被转到了肖尔溪精神病院，要在那里无限期地呆下去。
  2. Larry has been in an institution since he was four...
     拉里从4岁起就一直生活在孤儿院。
  3. He visited various penal institutions in the United Kingdom in the late 1930s.
     20 世纪 30 年代末他探访了英国各种各样的服刑机构。
• N-COUNT 习俗;制度
  Aninstitutionis a custom or system that is considered an important or typical feature of a particular society or group, usually because it has existed for a long time.
  1. I believe in the institution of marriage.
     我相信婚姻制度。
  2. ...the institution of the family.
     家庭制度
• N-UNCOUNT 建立;设立;制定
  Theinstitutionof a new system is the act of starting it or bringing it in.
  1. There was never an official institution of censorship in Albania.
     在阿尔巴尼亚从未设立过官方审查制度。
  2. ...the institution of the forty-hour week.
     每周 40 小时工作制的建立

双语例句

• Many institutions offering child care are understaffed and underequipped.
  许多保育机构人手不够，设备也不足。
• It is important to think about how these institutions might be reconstructed in our own societies.
  重要的是，要想想在我们自己的社会里如何对这些机构进行改造。
• I have a professor on my staff here as liaison with our higher education institutions
  我的员工中有一名教授充当我们和高等教育机构的联络人。
• Institutions tend to close ranks when a member has been accused of misconduct.
  当其中某成员被谴责失职时，机构往往会抱成一团。
• The government promised to implement a new system to control financial loan institutions
  政府许诺实施新的制度来控制金融贷款机构。
• Many institutions exchange information by hand because of incompatible computer systems.
  由于计算机系统不兼容，许多机构通过人工方式进行信息交换。
• It calls for the exclusion of all commercial lending institutions from the college loan program
  它提倡将所有商贷机构排除在高校贷款计划之外。
• These large institutions make — and change — the rules to suit themselves
  这些大机构总是随意制定规定，而且说变就变。
• He visited various penal institutions in the United Kingdom in the late 1930s.
  20世纪30年代末他探访了英国各种各样的服刑机构。
• Similarly, risk concentrations that might be acceptable at a single institution in a period of economic expansion could be dangerous if they existed at a large number of institutions simultaneously.
  同样，在经济扩张时期，一个单独的机构可以接受的风险集中，如果在大量的机构中同时存在，就是十分危险的。