institution
noun
uk/ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/us/ˌɪn.stəˈtuː.ʃən/institutionnoun(ORGANIZATION)
B2[C]
alargeandimportantorganization, such as auniversityorbank:
（大学、银行等）机构，团体amedical/educational/financialinstitution医疗／教育／金融机构
Harvard University is aninternationallyrespectedinstitution.哈佛是国际上备受尊崇的大学。
- We'researchingfor acoupleof runaways from theyoungoffenders' institution.
- Theyheardsob-stuff from one man about hisdeprivedchildhoodin an institution.
- St Andrews and Cambridgeuniversitiesareinternationallyrespectedinstitutions.
- He had been in and out ofpenalinstitutions from theageof 16.
- The university'sexchangeschemehascementeditslinkswith many otheracademicinstitutions.
Organizations, Societies & clubs
- Assn
- Assoc.
- association
- cellular
- co-op
- collective
- collegium
- confederacy
- confederation
- consortium
- cooperative
- foundation
- guild
- institute
- mission
- outfit
- rump
- substation
- syndicate
- youth club
institutionnoun(PLACE)
B2[C]mainlydisapproving
abuildingwherepeoplearesentto becaredfor,especiallyahospitalorprison
社会收容机构（尤指医院或监狱）Medical places & organizations
- A & E
- accident and emergency
- aid station
- biotech
- birth centre
- blood bank
- consulting room
- dispensary
- institutional
- madhouse
- maternity ward
- NICU
- NIH
- non-hospital
- out of hoursidiom
- outpatients
- pharmacy
- PICU
- socialized medicine
- ward
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Houses & homes
institutionnoun(CUSTOM)
C2[C]
acustomortraditionthat hasexistedfor alongtimeand isacceptedas animportantpartof aparticularsociety:
制度；习俗thevenerableinstitution ofmarriage神圣的婚姻制度
figurativeMrsDaly is an institution - she's been with thecompanyfor 40yearsandknowsabsolutelyeveryone.戴利夫人是老资历了——她在公司干了40年，绝对了解每个人。
Custom, tradition & conformity
- Americanization
- anti-classical
- anti-conventional
- anti-institutional
- anti-traditional
- crowd
- custom
- demi-monde
- desi
- endogamy
- multicultural
- multiculturalism
- non-classical
- non-conservative
- non-traditional
- ultra-traditional
- unconventional
- unconventionally
- undoctrinaire
- unorthodox
institutionnoun(START)
[U]
anoccasionwhen alaw,system, etc.beginsor isintroduced:
开创；制定；设立The institution of theFreedomof InformationActhas had asignificanteffect.《信息自由法》的制定产生了深远的影响。
Beginnings and starts
- a baptism of/by fireidiom
- advent
- baptism
- beginning
- birth
- commencement
- inception
- initiation
- introduction
- jumping-off point
- kick off
- onset
- square
- start
- starter
- starting point
- starting time
- the thin end of the wedgeidiom
- trigger
- zero hour