英语词汇“mental institution”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. Designating a place where those with disorders of the mind are treated or confined. Esp. in mental home, mental institution, mental ward, etc.; see also mental hospital n. at Compounds.Now somewhat dated, and sometimes avoided as potentially offensive; psychiatric is often used instead.

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1898 H. Morten Compl. Syst. Nursing 249 A year's training in a general hospital, and two years' training in a mental hospital, would be the proper scheme to turn out the best mental nurse.

1908 Lancet 26 Dec. 1943/1 (heading) Mental observation wards in Glasgow Parish Hospital.

1926 W. Lewis Art of being Ruled xii. vii. 405 The goitrous torpid and squinting husks provided by Matisse in his sculpture are worthless except as tactful decorations for a mental home.

1932 R. Kipling Limits & Renewals 151 They pushed him into a Mental Home, And that is like the grave.

1958 ‘N. Shute’ Rainbow & Rose v. 182 He had three young children and disliked the thought of bringing them up in the surroundings of a mental home.

1970 ‘T. Coe’ Wax Apple (1973) ii. 17 The Midway was a haven for people recently out of mental institutions.

1974 N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 74 We're looking at every affair..linked to mental homes, prison releases..psychopathic anything.

1983 Listener 10 Feb. 27/1 He drew..cowering men at the mercy of big, entirely Thurberian bully-women with mental-institution haircuts.

1991 S. Faludi Backlash ii. iv. 98 The press condemned them [sc. single women] to the mental ward once more for the duration of the Depression.

1993 Harper's Mag. Sept. 32/2 Trevor got the sack the same day he was allocated a place in the mental home.

单词	mental institution
释义	> as lemmas mental institution b. Designating a place where those with disorders of the mind are treated or confined. Esp. in mental home, mental institution, mental ward, etc.; see also mental hospital n. at Compounds.Now somewhat dated, and sometimes avoided as potentially offensive; psychiatric is often used instead. ΚΠ 1898 H. Morten Compl. Syst. Nursing 249 A year's training in a general hospital, and two years' training in a mental hospital, would be the proper scheme to turn out the best mental nurse. 1908 Lancet 26 Dec. 1943/1 (heading) Mental observation wards in Glasgow Parish Hospital. 1926 W. Lewis Art of being Ruled xii. vii. 405 The goitrous torpid and squinting husks provided by Matisse in his sculpture are worthless except as tactful decorations for a mental home. 1932 R. Kipling Limits & Renewals 151 They pushed him into a Mental Home, And that is like the grave. 1958 ‘N. Shute’ Rainbow & Rose v. 182 He had three young children and disliked the thought of bringing them up in the surroundings of a mental home. 1970 ‘T. Coe’ Wax Apple (1973) ii. 17 The Midway was a haven for people recently out of mental institutions. 1974 N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 74 We're looking at every affair..linked to mental homes, prison releases..psychopathic anything. 1983 Listener 10 Feb. 27/1 He drew..cowering men at the mercy of big, entirely Thurberian bully-women with mental-institution haircuts. 1991 S. Faludi Backlash ii. iv. 98 The press condemned them [sc. single women] to the mental ward once more for the duration of the Depression. 1993 Harper's Mag. Sept. 32/2 Trevor got the sack the same day he was allocated a place in the mental home. extracted from mentaladj.¹n. < as lemmas
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