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
- There are three tribunals in Vatican which are the Supreme tribunal, the appeal tribunal and the apostolic penitentiary.
梵蒂冈有三个法庭:即最高法庭、上诉法庭和教廷赦罪院。 - 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 - 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。 - He just got out the penitentiary.
他刚从教养所出来。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The closest level one facility would be Fox River State penitentiary.
离那最近的一级监狱是狐狸河州立监狱。 - And you'll be spending every day in the federal penitentiary.
每一天都在联邦监狱度过。 - Tell her I didn't die like a damn convict locked up in some penitentiary.
告诉她我可没死得像劳改局里头窝囊的囚犯似的。