['insti'tju:ʃən]
institution
n. 机构,惯例,创立

例句与用法:

  1. A public institution for the care and protection of children without parents.
    孤儿院一个为失去父母的孩子们提供关心和保护的公共机构
  2. The ancient institution has taken a beating for long enough with fearful exposes of its scandals.
    这个古老的机构随着它那些令人发指的丑闻的暴露而早已失去了信誉。
  3. A trustee is a member of managing business affairs of an institution.
    理事是机构管理班子中的成员。
  4. Marriage is an institution in most societies.
    婚姻是大多数社会早已确立的制度。

英英解释:

名词 institution:

  1. an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
  2. 同义词:establishment
  3. an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
  4. a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society
  5. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
  6. 同义词:initiation, founding, foundation, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration
  7. a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
  8. 同义词:mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, mental home, insane asylum, asylum