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.这些词均表示社会福利机构、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慈善机构;社会福利机构◆They had him committed to a mental institution.他们把他送进了精神病院。◆We want this to be like a home, not an institution.我们希望这里像个家,而不像收容所。■home [countable] a place where people who cannot care for themselves live and are cared for by others养老院;养育院◆She had to move to a residential care home when her health deteriorated.她的健康状况恶化后不得不住进一所安养院。◆She has lived in a home since she was six.她从六岁起就在保育院生活。ⓘ 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的这一意义用在一些复合词中,包括children's home(儿童福利院)、retirement home(退休疗养院)、old people's home(养老院,仅用于英式英语)和nursing home(疗养院)。■orphanageˈɔːfənɪdʒ; NAmEˈɔːrfənɪdʒ [countable] a home for children whose parents are dead or otherwise unable to care for them孤儿院◆My sister and I were adopted from an orphanage.姐姐和我都是从孤儿院领养的。ⓘ 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通常指较贫穷国家的或昔日的孤儿院。较富裕国家的此类机构现在通常称作children's home或residential care home。
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