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

• Britain is about to propose changes to some institutions
  英国将提议对一些机构进行改革。
• The institutions have realised they need to change their culture to improve efficiency and service.
  这些机构已经意识到需要改变他们的内部文化以提高效率、改进服务。
• We are all inclined to mourn the passing of old institutions.
  我们常为失去古老的习俗而惋惜。
• Many more institutions, especially banks, were allowed to lend money for mortgages, and what was more, banks could lend out more money than they actually held
  允许更多的机构，尤其是银行推出抵押贷款；此外，银行发放的贷款可以超过其实际持有资金。
• The country's economic plight is strangling its scientific institutions
  该国的经济困境阻碍了其科研机构的工作进展。
• The government started to denationalize financial institutions
  政府开始对金融机构进行私有化。
• The Party and government institutions should remain honest and clean.
  党政机关要廉洁。
• They applied to other medical institutions for assistance.
  他们向其他医疗机构求援。
• 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。
• There are many institutions of higher learning in this district.
  这个区高等院校很多。