英语翻译：
a designation for certain government offices and public places; compound
courtyard; yard
例句：
- 叫那些男孩子别在院子里吵闹：妈妈正在睡觉。
Tell the boys to stop messing about in the courtyard: Mother is sleeping.
- 这家饭店围绕一庭院而建，辅以泉水和棕榈树。
The hotel is built round a courtyard, with fountain and palm tree.
- 他毕业于一所知名的外语学院。
He graduated from a famous foreign language institute.
- 该学院采用新的外语教学法。
New methods of teaching foreign languages are adopted in this institute.