名 courtyard，yard，a designation for certain government offices and public places，compound ；

[例句] 这些孩子在抚育院等待安置。 The children were waiting for placement in a foster care home.

[例句] 他的房间位于四方院的左侧。 His rooms were on the left-hand side of the quad.

court of justice，law court，court，courthouse，judgement seat ；

[例句] 昨天南约克郡法院准予他获得保释。 He was yesterday given bail by South Yorkshire magistrates.

[例句] 该案件将移交上诉法院审理。 The case is being referred to the Court of Appeal.

hospital，nosodochium，nosocomium，Job's dock，infirmary；

[例句] 你可以随时来医院。 You are welcome to visit the hospital at any time.

[例句] 他们因吸入大量烟尘被送往医院。 They were taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation.

sanatorium，convalescent hospital [home]，vest home，nursing home，rest home；

[例句] 她自告奋勇到士兵疗养院当护士。 She volunteered as a nurse in a soldiers' rest-home.

[例句] 那家旅馆将被改建成私人疗养院。 The hotel is going to be converted into a nursing home.

courtyard，patio，fold，court，dooryard ；

[例句] 她坐在铺着石板的庭院里的一把椅子上。 She sat on a chair in the flagged yard.

[例句] 碎砖石可以用来铺路基和庭院地基。 Brick rubble is useful as the base for paths and patios.

college，academy，institute，faculty，academe ；

[例句] 我们那时在同一所学院，当时只招男生。 We were in the same college, which was male-only at that time.

[例句] 那所教师培训学院为该学院的创立者立了一块纪念牌匾。 The teacher training college put up a plaque to the college's founder.

[宗] cloister，monastery （男修道院），convent （女修道院），abbey，abbot ；

[例句] 埃塔尔的修道士把修道院维护得很好。 The monks of Ettal keep the abbey in good repair.

[例句] 1857年，孟德尔开始在修道院的菜园里用豌豆做实验。 In 1857 Mendel started experimenting with peas in his monastery garden.

temple，monastery，fane ；

[例句] 他已进入寺院修行。 He was drawn to the monastic life.

[例句] 早期的基督教徒们捣毁了许多罗马寺院的神像. Early Christians smashed the gods of many Roman temples.

courtyard，yard，park，hypethron ；

[例句] 他被扭住双臂强推着走过厨房，来到院子里。 He was frog-marched through the kitchen and out into the yard.

[例句] 他们穿过拱门走进铺着鹅卵石的院子。 They walked through the arch and into the cobbled courtyard.

madhouse，bedlam，bughouse，loony bin，lunatic asylum；

[例句] 我见到了疯人院的医生了, 我把埃法尔的病症告诉了他. I saw the superintendent of the asylum, and I was telling him about Ivar's symptoms.

[例句] 他被送到疯人院. He is sent to the bug house.

legislative assembly，parliament，congress，chamber，house ；

[例句] 议院的意见又产生了分歧, 该法案以11票获得通过. The House again divided, and the bill was passed by 11 votes.

[例句] 他对议院法和下议院的传统惯例都非常熟悉. He has parliamentary procedure and the rules and traditions of the House of Commons at his fingertips.

brothel，whorehouse，sporting house；

cinema，movie theater；

[例句] 我本来就宁可去电影院看，而不是看录像。 I'd rather see it at the pictures than on video anyway.

[例句] 你要跟谁一起去电影院？ Who're you going to the pictures with?

[法] commons，house of delegates ；

[例句] 这位下院议员称这些谋杀是在上帝面前的公然亵渎。 The MP described the killings as a blasphemy before God.

[例句] 而且，说句公道话，有些下院议员工作还是很卖力的。 And, let us be fair, some MPs do work hard.

foreyard，forecourt，front courtyard，parvis，dooryard ；

[例句] 我把自行车锁在了吉日旅馆的前院。 I locked the bike in the forecourt of the Kirey Hotel.

[例句] 如果你坐在前院，就会被吵死，因为外面交通太混乱了。 If you're sitting in the front yard, you can't hear yourself think because the traffic is getting very, very bad.

president，dean；

[例句] 她是上智大学科学院的院长。 She was Dean of the Science faculty at Sophia University.

[例句] 他也开始接二连三地和艾奇逊院长发生争执。 He also began a running feud with Dean Acheson.

theatre，theater ；

[例句] 诺里奇的皇家戏院将在11月重新开业。 The Theatre Royal, Norwich, will reopen in November.

[例句] 戏院将小本经营。 The theatre will be run on a shoestring.

beadhouse，[医] geracomium，gerocomium，rest home，resthome ；

[例句] 他在一家养老院去世，享年87岁。 He died in a nursing home at the age of 87.

[例句] 养老院对当地居民造成的干扰会比学校小。 The home would cause less disturbance to local residents than a school.

beauty parlor ；

[例句] 她刚在当地一家美容院除了腿毛。 She has just had her legs waxed at the local beauty parlour.

[例句] 时装店和美容院就在区内，非常方便。 A boutique and beauty salon are conveniently located within the grounds.

upper house，the House of Lords ；

[例句] 总统提拔他为上院议员. The President elevated him to the House of Lords.

[例句] 英国议会由上院和下院组成. The British Parliament consists of the House of Lords and the House of Commons.