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

• The Party and government institutions should remain honest and clean.
  党政机关要廉洁。
• 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。
• Scientific institutions have been reluctant to take corrective action
  科学机构一直不愿作出更正。
• There are many institutions of higher learning in this district.
  这个区高等院校很多。
• 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 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。
• The principle of market forces was applied to some of the country's most revered institutions
  市场运作的规律被应用到该国某些最具影响力的机构。
• 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。
• 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。
• A deal between the two powerful institutions would have created a banking monolith.
  若是这两个强大机构之间达成交易，就会产生一个金融业的巨无霸。