institutionalized
🇺🇸
/ˌɪnstɪˈtuːʃənəlaɪzd/
🇬🇧
/ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəlaɪzd/
adjective
R
A practice or idea that is widely accepted and part of the normal way things are done in a group or society.
The company's long hours became institutionalized, and everyone expected to work late.
公司的長時間工作變得制度化，每個人都期望加班。
R
When someone has been in a place like a hospital or prison for so long that they seem to be a part of it and can't live outside.
After many years, some prisoners become institutionalized and find it hard to adjust to life outside.
多年後，一些囚犯變得制度化，發現很難適應外面的生活。
translation
制度化的, 被制度化的