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From the word’s history

From Middle English institucioun, from Old French institution, from Latin institūtiō, from instituō 'to set up'.

經古法文來自拉丁文 institūtiō，出自 instituō「設立」。

Wiktionary

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.

可以想成：有人刻意「立」起一樣東西，然後它就一直站在那裡——銀行、大學、一條法規、一種做事的方式。當初的人走了，它還在，久到大家覺得本來就該有。institution 同時可以指立起來的那個東西，也可以指「立起來」這個動作，這也是它跟動詞 institute（設立）的關係。

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

同家族的字

institutions

意思相反

abolitionending

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.
  • 2

    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.
  • 4

    informalA mental institution.

  • 5

    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.
  • 8

    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
  • 9

    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。