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。 - Hard to believe, I know, but my usually reliable White House insiders tell me that President Bush is trying to decide whether or not to pardon Amy Fisher, now jailed in an upstate penitentiary.
我知道，这很难令人相信，不过我在白宫里的内线（他的消息通常很可靠）告诉我：布什总统正在考虑是否应该赦免正在上州坐监的埃米・费歇尔。 - Tom Joad was released from the Oklahoma state penitentiary where he had served a sentence for killing a man in self-defense.
汤姆·乔德从俄克拉何马州立监狱中释放出来，他是由于自卫杀人在那座监狱里服刑的。他在监狱里服过两年徒刑。 - He worked as a warden at the state penitentiary.
他在这所州监狱任看守长。 - Fastow be imprisoned in a federal penitentiary in Bastrop, Texas, where he can be treated for his dependency on anti-anxiety medication.
休斯敦请求把法斯托关押在德克萨斯州巴斯多普的联邦监狱，在那里可以治疗他对抗焦虑药物的依赖性。 - Only the place where they were working is the opposite of summer camp: Alcatraz, the notoriously bleak military prison turned maximum-security penitentiary turned national park.
只不过这里跟夏令营正好相反&这里是阿尔卡特拉斯，它起初是一座凄凉暗淡、臭名昭著的军方监狱，后来成了最高安全级别的监狱，最后又变成了国家公园。 - An Investigation of AIDS knowledge and Attitude among the Penitentiary Women
某收容教育所服教妇女艾滋病知识和态度调查分析 - He escaped from the state penitentiary late last night.
他昨天深夜从州监狱逃跑了。 - 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。 - You know, if he committed any offence, it was being loyal and true to his brother whom he loved. I know where you will send him and it will not be to a penitentiary.
你们知道，如果说他有什么罪，那就是他对兄长的忠诚和热爱，我相信你们是不会把他送进教养院的。