institution noun ⇨institution (a mental institution)⇨organization (financial institutions)institution
noun
institution ♦︎ home ♦︎ orphanageThese words all mean a place where people who cannot care for themselves live and are cared for by others.這些詞均表示社會福利機構、收容所。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆in an institution / a home / an orphanage◆to live in an institution / a home / an orphanage◆to move to an institution / a home■institutionˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃn; NAmEˌɪnstɪˈtuːʃn [countable] (sometimesdisapproving) a building where people with special needs live and are taken care of, for example because they are old or mentally ill慈善機構;社會福利機構◆They had him committed to a mental institution.他們把他送進了精神病院。◆We want this to be like a home, not an institution.我們希望這裏像個家,而不像收容所。■home [countable] a place where people who cannot care for themselves live and are cared for by others養老院;養育院◆She had to move to a residential care home when her health deteriorated.她的健康狀況惡化後不得不住進一所安養院。◆She has lived in a home since she was six.她從六歲起就在保育院生活。ⓘ This meaning of home is used in a number of compounds, including children's home, retirement home, old people's home (in British English only) and nursing home(= for people, especially older people, who need medical care as well as personal care). * home的這一意義用在一些複合詞中,包括children's home(兒童福利院)、retirement home(退休療養院)、old people's home(養老院,僅用於英式英語)和nursing home(療養院)。■orphanageˈɔːfənɪdʒ; NAmEˈɔːrfənɪdʒ [countable] a home for children whose parents are dead or otherwise unable to care for them孤兒院◆My sister and I were adopted from an orphanage.姐姐和我都是從孤兒院領養的。ⓘ Orphanage is usually used to talk about institutions in poorer countries or in the past. In richer countries these institutions are now usually called children's homes or residential care homes. * orphanage通常指較貧窮國家的或昔日的孤兒院。較富裕國家的此類機構現在通常稱作children's home或residential care home。
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