| 释义 |
Noun: institution `insti't(y)ooshun- An organization founded and united for a specific purpose
- establishment - An establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
- 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 theatre" - The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
- initiation, founding, foundation, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration - A hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
- mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, mental home, insane asylum, asylum
Derived forms: institutions See also: institute, institutional, institutionalise [Brit] Type of: beginning, commencement, custom, establishment, hospital, infirmary, organisation [Brit], organization, start, tradition Encyclopedia: Institution |