Picture something that was deliberately set up and then left standing: a bank, a university, a rule, a way of doing things. Somebody started it, and it outlived them — it now runs on its own and people simply expect it to be there. Institution covers both the thing standing and the act of putting it up.
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原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
institutionnoun/ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/
- 1
A long-established organization or type of organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.
- The University of the South Pacific is the only internationally accredited institution of higher education in Oceania.
- […] these professors of Little Red Schoolhouse-education did not themselves remain in the isolated and handicapped little institution they glorify.
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A custom or practice of a society or community.
- The institution of marriage is present in many cultures but its details vary widely across them.
- To the cynical observation that speech is given us to conceal our thoughts it might be added that eating and drinking enable us to hide our feelings. I think that is why food is an institution almost whenever human beings have anything to say to one another.
- 3
The building or buildings which house such an organization.
- He's been in an institution since the crash.
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informalA mental institution.
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Any facility where people (especially those who are mentally or physically disabled or sick, or who are prisoners) are committed (confined), where their freedom to leave is restricted.
- 6
informalAny long established and respected place or business.
- Over time, the local pub has become something of an institution.
- [quoting Giles Coren] "The Wykeham Arms [a pub] is destroyed. They have turned a great old English institution into a shameful clip-joint. It's a shuddering, howling tragedy."
- 7
informalA person long established in a place, position, or field.
- She's not just any old scholar; she is an institution.
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The act of instituting something.
- The institution of higher speed limits was a popular move but increased the severity of crashes.
- Accordingly if we can show that a barbarous custom, like that of the priesthood of Nemi, has existed elsewhere; if we can detect the motives which led to its institution; if we can prove that these motives have operated widely, perhaps universally, in human society...
另外 3 個記錄的用法
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ChristianityThe act by which a bishop commits a cure of souls to a priest.
- 10
obsoleteThat which institutes or instructs, particularly a textbook or system of elements or rules.
- 11
informalA correctional institution.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。