an educational/financial, etc. institution
教育、金融等机构
the Smithsonian Institution
史密森学会
a mental institution
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。
the institution of marriage
婚姻制度
the institution of new safety procedures
新安全规程的制定
You must know him─he's an institution around here!
你一定认识他，他是这一带的知名人物！
1.惯例,制度,规定
2.学会,协会;院,会,社,馆,所;机关;社会事业机构
3.设立,创设,制定
4.〈口〉名人,名物
5.会址,校址,院址,所址
6.【宗】授职;授职礼
1.惯例,制度,规定
2.学会,协会;院,会,社,馆,所;机关;社会事业机构
3.设立,创设,制定
4.〈口〉名人,名物
5.会址,校址,院址,所址
6.【宗】授职;授职礼
1.a large organization such as a bank, hospital, university, or prison; a hospital or other building where people are taken care of for a long time, for example if they are disabled or mentally ill
2.an important tradition on which society is based; someone or something that has been in a particular job or place for such a long time that you cannot remember a time when they were not there
3.the introduction of a system, rule, or policy
1.Provided that this Contract shall not be in force until its authorization by the Examining and Approving Institution or other department.
但是，本合同须得到审批机构或其它审批部门批准后方可生效。
2.Assume you know of a financial institution that provides a loan approval service and is described by Listing 2 below.
假定您知道有一个提供贷款批准服务的金融机构，其描述如下面清单2所示。
3.The objective is to apply Western policy science research experiences to a comparative study of the institution of this PRC policy.
目的在藉用西方的政策科学研究经验，比较研究大陆的该项政策之制订可值得反省的地方；
4.Beijing started restructuring the bank into a modern financial institution three years ago.
三年前，政府开始重组农行，使之成为一家现代化的金融机构。
5.Trying to turn an old-school Madison Avenue institution into something different is a lot more difficult.
试图让一家老式的麦迪逊大道机构变得截然不同，要困难得多。
6.As a Chinese governmental institution, the Foreign Ministry must be supervised and inspected by China's Audit Office and the general public.
作为中国的政府机构，外交部要接受中国政府审计部门的监督、审查，也要接受社会公众的监督。
7.Lehman was the first global systemically important institution that was allowed to fail during the crisis. It was also the last.
雷曼是危机期间第一个被允许破产的具有系统重要性的全球机构，也是最后一个。
8.This was an involuntary reassignment, and I believed there was a legal risk to the institution if it was not solved by mutual agreement.
这（丽莎女士的工作）是一个非自愿的调任。我认为如果这件事不通过相互间的协议加以解决，本机构可能会承担法律风险。
9.His last job was as a member of the European Parliament, a distinguished and passionate member of an often undistinguished institution.
盖雷梅克的最后一份职务是作为欧洲议会的一名成员，在这个普通的机构中他却是位声名显赫、富有激情的成员。
10.In the very great majority of cases the institution of the gens seems to have originated directly out of the punaluan family.
看来，氏族制度，在绝大多数情况下，都是从普那路亚家庭中直接发生的。