/`ɪnstәˏtjut/ /`ɪnstәˏtut/ /`ɪnstәˏtɪut/ To establish; set up; fix; originate. 设立；建立；制定；创办。 The government instituted a consumer protection agency. 政府设立了一个保护消费者的机构。 To set in operation. 开始实行。 to institute a new custom 开创新风气。 To start; initiate. 开始；着手。 The police instituted a new investigation. 警方着手一件新的调查工作。 To establish in a position or office. 任命(某人充任某职)。 An established law or principle. 定律；原则。 An institution or place of education. (教育之)机构或场所。 an institute of technology 工业学校。 A building devoted to the work of such an organization. 此种机构之建筑物。 |