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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。
          • These are located inside the guard tower that sits in front of the Penitentiary.
            这些在位于监狱前面的守卫塔里。
          • Do you know anyone at the Kansas State penitentiary?
            你认识肯萨斯州监狱里的人吗?
          • 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。
          • He escaped from the state penitentiary late last night.
            他昨天深夜从州监狱逃跑了。
          • 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。
          • 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。
          • 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。
          • 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。
          • He knowed him in the moundsville penitentiary.
            他是在蒙斯维尔监狱认识他的。