institutionalize

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institutionalize — 動詞

  • institutionalizepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • institutionalizeshe / she / it
  • institutionalizedpast simple
  • institutionalizing-ing form

1. to make a practice or custom into a lasting and accepted feature of a community,

1.動詞及物C1
釋義

制度化

使某做法成為社會或組織的常規制度

to make a practice or custom into a lasting and accepted feature of a community, organization, or system

例句

What began as a casual Friday gathering was institutionalized as a weekly company tradition.

原本只是週五的休閒聚會，後來被制度化為公司的每週傳統。

passive: be institutionalized as [tradition/practice]

The university institutionalized its mentorship program after seeing how much students benefited from it.

這所大學在看見學生受益匪淺後，將導師制度正式制度化。

常見搭配
  • institutionalize a practice
  • institutionalize reforms
  • institutionalize a system
  • institutionalize a policy
  • become institutionalized
同義詞
  • formalize

    more concrete and specific; making something officially recognized

  • standardize

    focuses on making things uniform across an organization

  • codify

    implies writing rules or laws into a formal system

  • establish

    broader and more neutral; less focus on permanence

反義詞
  • abolish

    formally end a practice or system

  • dismantle

    gradually take apart an established system

文法句型

institutionalize + object

institutionalize + object + as [something]

be institutionalized

用法筆記

Subject is usually an organization, government, or society — not an individual person. Common in academic writing, political discussion, and business contexts where formal systems are being described.

常見錯誤

I institutionalized the habit of waking up early.
The company institutionalized the practice of flexible working hours.
Institutionalize describes organizational or societal change, not personal habits.

2. to place a person who requires ongoing medical or personal care into a long-term

2.動詞及物C1
釋義

安置；收容

將需要長期照護的人送入機構

to place a person who requires ongoing medical or personal care into a long-term facility such as a nursing home or psychiatric hospital

例句

After her stroke, the family institutionalized their grandmother in a nursing home near their house.

中風之後，家人將祖母安置在住家附近的養老院。

collocation: institutionalize [someone] in [facility]

Tunde's grandfather needs full-time care, but the family hopes to avoid institutionalizing him.

Tunde 的祖父需要全天候照護，但家人希望能避免將他送進照護機構。

常見搭配
  • institutionalize a patient
  • institutionalize the elderly
  • be institutionalized against one's will
  • institutionalize someone in a facility
同義詞
  • commit

    more formal and usually limited to psychiatric or legal contexts

  • admit

    neutral term; can apply to any hospital or care facility

  • place

    broader and less clinical; may refer to foster care or assisted living

反義詞
  • discharge

    release a person from an institution

  • release

    general term for letting someone leave institutional care

文法句型

institutionalize + object + in/at [facility]

用法筆記

Frequently used in the passive voice (someone is institutionalized). Can carry a negative connotation, as it often implies the person is being placed in a facility against their preference or removed from community life.

常見錯誤

The doctor institutionalized the patient to the hospital.
The doctor institutionalized the patient at the hospital.
Use 'in' or 'at' after institutionalize, not 'to'.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • institutionalize a practice
  • institutionalize a system
  • institutionalize reforms
  • institutionalize a policy
  • institutionalize a tradition

副詞搭配

  • fully institutionalized
  • gradually institutionalized
  • formally institutionalized
  • deeply institutionalized

常用片語

  • become institutionalized
  • be institutionalized as

介系詞搭配

  • institutionalize in
  • institutionalize as
  • institutionalize at