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institutionalized
(UK usually institutionalised) UK [ˌɪnt.stɪ'tju:.ʃən.ə.laɪzd] US [-'tu:-] adjective mainly disapproving
■If someone becomes institutionalized, they gradually become less able to think and act independently, because they have lived for a long time under the rules of an institution （因长期生活在收容机构）缺乏自理能力的•We need to avoid long-stay patients in the hospital becoming institutionalized.我们要避免使长期住院的病人自理能力减弱。 |