institution是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a large and important organization, such as a university or bank -- （大學、銀行等）機構，團體

  • a medical/educational/financial institution 醫療／教育／金融機構

  • Harvard University is an internationally respected institution. 哈佛是國際上備受尊崇的大學。

• 1 a building where people are sent to be cared for, especially a hospital or prison -- 社會收容機構（尤指醫院或監獄）

• 2 a custom or tradition that has existed for a long time and is accepted as an important part of a particular society -- 制度；習俗

  • the venerable institution of marriage 神聖的婚姻制度

  • figurative Mrs Daly is an institution - she's been with the company for 40 years and knows absolutely everyone. 戴利夫人是老資歷了——她在公司工作了40年，絕對了解每個人。

• 3 an occasion when a law, system, etc. begins or is introduced -- 開創；制定；設立

  • The institution of the Freedom of Information Act has had a significant effect. 《資訊自由法》的制定產生了深遠的影響。