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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   institution

   • IPA[ˌinstəˈto͞oSHən]

   美式

   • n.
     a society or organization founded for a religious, educational, social, or similar purpose；an established official organization having an important role in the life of a country, such as a bank, church, or legislature

   • noun: institution, plural noun: institutions

2. • 釋義
   • 相關詞

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a society or organization founded for a religious, educational, social, or similar purpose a certificate from a professional institution 同義詞 organization, establishment, institute, foundation, center, ... 更多academy, school, college, university, conservatory, seminary, center of learning, seat of learning, society, association, federation, group, circle, fellowship, body, league, union, alliance, guild, consortium, concern, corporation
   • ▪ an established official organization having an important role in the life of a country, such as a bank, church, or legislature the institutions of democratic government
   • ▪ a large company or other organization involved in financial trading the interest rate financial institutions charge one another
   • ▪ derogatory a place where people are confined or are cared for on account of age, disability, or mental illness she has always been included in family life and not hidden away in an institution a penal institution 同義詞 home, residential care
   • 2. an established law, practice, or custom the institution of marriage 同義詞 practice, custom, phenomenon, fact, procedure, ... 更多convention, usage, tradition, rite, ritual, fashion, use, habit, wont, method, system, routine, way, policy, idea, notion, concept, rule, law, modus operandi, formalpraxis
   • ▪ a well-established and familiar person, custom, or object he soon became something of a national institution
   • 3. the action of instituting something a delay in the institution of proceedings 同義詞 installation, instatement, induction, investiture, inauguration, ... 更多introduction, swearing in, initiation, ordination, consecration, anointing, enthronement, coronation, crowning, appointment, putting in, creation, initiation, launch, launching, start, starting, beginning, setting in motion, putting in motion, getting under way, getting going, getting off the ground, instigation, setting up, inauguration, founding, foundation, establishment, organization, activation, actuation, generation, origination, formalcommencement反義詞 dismissal, defrocking, halting, cancellation, ending

   Smithsonian Institution

   • ph.
     a US foundation for education and scientific research in Washington DC, opened in 1846 and now ...

   Oxford Dictionary

   mental institution

   • n.
     an institution providing residential care for people with mental conditions.

   Oxford American Dictionary

   peculiar institution

   • n.
     used in the 19th century to refer to the system of slavery in the southern states of the US.

   Oxford American Dictionary

   peculiar institution

   • n.
     used in the 19th century to refer to the system of slavery in the southern states of the US.

   Oxford Dictionary

   mental institution

   • n.
     an institution providing residential care for people with mental conditions.

   Oxford Dictionary

   Royal Institution

   • ph.
     a British society founded in 1799 for the diffusion of scientific knowledge. It organizes ...

   Oxford Dictionary

   Smithsonian Institution

   • ph.
     a foundation for scientific research, established in 1836 and based in Washington, DC. It ...

   Oxford American Dictionary

   young offender institution

   • n.
     (in the UK) an institution for the detention of criminals from the ages of 14 to 20, replacing ...

   Oxford Dictionary

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   institution

   • IPA[ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃn]

   英式

   • n.
     an organization founded for a religious, educational, professional, or social purpose: an academic institution a certificate from a professional institution

   Oxford Dictionary