institutionalized

英 [ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəlaɪzd]

美 [ˌɪnstɪˈtuːʃənəlaɪzd]

adj.  约定俗成的; 成惯例的; (因长期生活在福利机构)缺乏自理能力的
v.  将(生活不能自理的人)送到收容机构(或社会福利机构); 使成惯例; 使制度化
institutionalize的过去式

过去式：institutionalized　过去分词：institutionalized　

GRE

BNC.22223 / COCA.15406

牛津词典

adj.

• 约定俗成的；成惯例的
  that has happened or been done for so long that it is considered normal
  1. institutionalized racism
     由来已久的种族偏见
• （因长期生活在福利机构）缺乏自理能力的
  lacking the ability to live and think independently because they have spent so long in an institution
  1. institutionalized patients
     失去自理能力的病人

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 institutionalise


• VERB 将(病人、精神病患者、老人等)送往社会收容机构
  If someone such as a sick, mentally ill, or old personis institutionalized, they are sent to stay in a special hospital or home, usually for a long period.
  1. She became seriously ill and had to be institutionalized for a lengthy period.
     她病得很重，必须在医院住很长一段时间。
  2. She saw herself as a failure and had been institutionalized once for depression.
     她认为自己是个失败者,曾有一次因患抑郁症被送往精神病院治疗。
  3. ...institutionalized kids with medical problems.
     收容在孤儿院、身体有疾病的孩子
• VERB 使制度化;使为文化(或社会)所认可;使约定俗成
  Toinstitutionalizesomething means to establish it as part of a culture, social system, or organization.
  1. The goal is to institutionalize family planning into community life...
     目标是将计划生育纳入社区生活中。
  2. In the first century there was no such thing as institutionalized religion.
     公元1世纪时还没有任何制度化的宗教存在。

英英释义

adj

• officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution
  1. had hopes of rehabilitating the institutionalized juvenile delinquents
  Synonym:institutionalised
• given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system
  1. institutionalized graft
  2. institutionalized suicide as practiced in Japan
  Synonym:institutionalised

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