institution，英语单词，主要用作名词，作名词时意为“机构，团体；社会收容机构；制度，习俗”等。

英 [ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃ(ə)n] 美 [ˌɪnstɪˈtuːʃ(ə)n]

n. 机构，团体；社会收容机构；制度，习俗；建立，制定；知名的人（或事物）

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柯林斯英汉双解大词典

institution /ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃən/ CET4 TEM4

1.N-COUNT/N-IN-NAMES An institution is a large important organization such as a university, church, or bank. 机构

2.N-COUNT/N-IN-NAMES An institution is a building where certain people are cared for, such as people who are mentally ill or children who have no parents. 社会福利机构

3.N-COUNT An institution is a custom or system that is considered an important or typical feature of a particular society or group, usually because it has existed for a long time. 习俗; 制度

4.N-UNCOUNT The institution of a new system is the act of starting it or bringing it in. 建立

financial institution 金融机构

institution of higher learning 高等学校

medical institution 医疗机构；医疗院所

public institution [法]公共机构

social institution 社会制度

institution of higher education 高等学校；高等院校

academic institution 学术机构；研究所；学院

banking institution [经]金融机构

investment institution 投资机构

mental institution 精神病院（等于mental asylum）

peculiar institution 旧时美国南部的黑奴制度

lending institution 借贷机构；信用机构

authorized institution 认可机构

authorized financial institution 认可财务机构；认可金融机构

representative institution 代议制机构