penitentiary
英 [ˌpenɪˈtenʃəri]
美 [ˌpenɪˈtenʃəri]
n. 监狱
BNC.37321 / COCA.17346
牛津词典
noun
- 监狱
a prison
柯林斯词典
- 监狱
Apenitentiaryis a prison.
英英释义
noun
- a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
adj
- showing or constituting penance
- penitential tears
- wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words
- used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers
- penitentiary institutions
双语例句
- And I'll have you shipped to alder penitentiary.
我会把你运送到阿尔德监狱。 - Generally speaking, felonies are the more serious crimes and are usually punishable by imprisonment in a penitentiary.
一般来说,重罪是严重的犯罪行为,受到的惩罚是进监狱。 - She was placed in the Dublin penitentiary for dealing in drugs by telephone.
她因通过德律风做毒品交易而被囚于都柏林监狱。 - Dwight is in lucasville state penitentiary.
德怀特在卢卡斯威州监狱。 - Xie Jin must have been particularly moved: he hired Zhao to star in a movie, Nu Er Gu ( Penitentiary Angel).
相信谢晋尢其感动:他在一部电影《女儿谷》(落难俏佳人)中起用了赵薇。 - Do you know anyone at the Kansas State penitentiary?
你认识肯萨斯州监狱里的人吗? - He worked as a warden at the state penitentiary.
他在这所州监狱任看守长。 - He just got out the penitentiary.
他刚从教养所出来。 - Next day Paul was sentenced to three years in the State Penitentiary and taken off.
第二天,保罗被判三年徒刑,随即解往州监狱。 - Therefore, we need to do an educated modern people, obviously, the penitentiary was not born, is an acquired culture.
所以我们要做一个有教养的现代人,显然,教养不是天生的,是后天培养的。