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 person is institutionalized, they are sent to stay in a special hospital or home, usually for a long period.
- 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。 - 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。 - ...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
To institutionalize something means to establish it as part of a culture, social system, or organization.
- 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。 - 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。