institute
noun[C]
uk/ˈɪn.stɪ.tʃuːt/us/ˈɪn.stə.tuːt/B2
anorganizationwherepeopledo aparticulartypeofscientific,educational, orsocialwork, or thebuildingsthat it uses:
研究所;学院the Massachusetts Institute of Technology麻省理工学院
- The institutederivesallitsmoneyfromforeigninvestments.
- The institute willinvest5 million in theproject.
- Thestateof Michigan hasendowedthree institutes to doresearchforindustry.
- Theresearchinstitute isbasedin Cambridge.
- The instituteawardsthreeresearchfellowshipseachyear.
Organizations, Societies & clubs
- Assn
- Assoc.
- association
- cellular
- co-op
- collective
- collegium
- confederacy
- confederation
- consortium
- cooperative
- foundation
- guild
- host
- mission
- outfit
- rump
- substation
- syndicate
- youth club
institute
verb[T]
formaluk/ˈɪn.stɪ.tʃuːt/us/ˈɪn.stə.tuːt/tostartorcauseasystem,rule,legalaction, etc. toexist:
建立;制定;开始She isthreateningto institutelegalproceedingsagainst thehospital.她威胁说要对该医院提起诉讼。
Opposite
abolish
Starting and beginning
- be in the first flush ofidiom
- be/get in on the ground flooridiom
- become
- begin
- branch out
- develop
- get down to businessidiom
- grow
- half-cock
- here
- here goes!idiom
- hit the ground runningidiom
- motion
- stirring
- strike
- strike out(somewhere)
- stuck
- stumble intosomething
- swing into actionidiom
- the ground floor