柯林斯詞典institutionalize /??nst??tju???n??la?z/ (institutionalizing,institutionalized,institutionalizes) BRIT also institutionalise1. V-T 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. 把 (病人、精神病人、老人等) 收容在社會福利機構[usu passive] She became seriously ill and had to be institutionalized for a lengthy period. 她病情嚴重，不得不被長期收容治療。2. V-T To institutionalize something means to establish it as part of a culture, social system, or organization. 使制度化 The goal is to institutionalize family planning into community life. 目標是使計劃生育在社區(qū)生活中制度化。 返回 institutionalized劍橋詞典If someone becomes institutionalized, they gradually become less able to think and act independently, because of having lived for a long time under the rules of an institution . （因長期生活在收容機構）缺乏自理能力的 We need to avoid long-stay patients in the hospital becoming institutionalized. 我們要避免使長期住院的病人自理能力減弱。 返回 institutionalized