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
  Synonym:pen

adj

• showing or constituting penance
  1. penitential tears
  2. wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words
  Synonym:penitential
• used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers
  1. 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。
• He escaped from the state penitentiary late last night.
  他昨天深夜从州监狱逃跑了。
• It was spring before I managed to escape from the penitentiary, and then only by a stroke of fortune.
  待我设法逃离这座感化院已是春天了，那还是因为命运的巧妙安排。
• While he was in the penitentiary her father died and the family broke up.
  他坐牢的时候，她的父亲死了，家庭就拆散了。
• He worked as a warden at the state penitentiary.
  他在这所州监狱任看守长。
• Do you know anyone at the Kansas State penitentiary?
  你认识肯萨斯州监狱里的人吗？
• He just got out the penitentiary.
  他刚从教养所出来。
• The best stories of this sort usually involve the innocent foreigner being shackled or bundled off to the state penitentiary.
  大多数这类故事通常会涉及无辜的外国人被带上手铐或被匆匆送到国家监狱。
• International Centre for Sociological, Penal and Penitentiary Research and Studies at Messina
  墨西拿国际社会学、惩罚和教养研究中心
• 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。