institution
英 [?nst?'tju??(?)n]
美[,?nst?'tu??n]
- n. 制度；建立；（社會或宗教等）公共機(jī)構(gòu)；習(xí)俗
英英釋意
- 1. an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
- 2. an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
- 3. a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society;
- "the institution of marriage"
- "the institution of slavery"
- "he had become an institution in the theater"
- 4. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new;
- "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"
- "the foundation of a new scientific society"
- "he regards the fork as a modern introduction"
- 5. a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person