penitentiary

英[?pen??ten??ri]
美[?p?n??t?n??ri]

基本釋義

n.
<美>監(jiān)獄

詞性變化

實用例句

She was placed in the Dublin penitentiary for dealing in drugs by telephone.

她因通過德律風(fēng)做毒品交易而被囚于都柏林監(jiān)獄.

期刊摘選

The hotel lies back of a dingy passage and forms a rectangle very a modern penitentiary.

這家旅館位于一條陰暗的小道后面,呈一個長方形,同一所現(xiàn)代罪犯教養(yǎng)所十分相似.

期刊摘選

Next day Paul was sentenced to three years in the State Penitentiary and taken off.

第二天,保羅被判三年徒刑,隨即解往州監(jiān)獄.

辭典例句

If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.

倘使不得已而要對在監(jiān)獄與白宮里度過四年作一選擇的話, 我會說——監(jiān)獄, 謝謝.

《簡明英漢詞典》

While he was in the penitentiary her father died and the family broke up.

他坐牢的時候,她的父親死了,家庭就拆散了.

辭典例句

Now , you remember when you went to visit my pop in Lewisburg Penitentiary?

還記得你去路易斯堡監(jiān)獄探望過我父親 嗎 ?

電影對白

Fox River Penitentiary is an old prison. Guard towers and forbidding razor wire line the perimeter.

FoxRiver監(jiān)獄是一個老監(jiān)獄, 哨塔和鐵絲網(wǎng)遍布周圍.

期刊摘選

He worked as a warden at the state penitentiary.

他在這所州監(jiān)獄任看守長.

辭典例句

Lee is serving his sentence down at the penitentiary.

李正在監(jiān)獄服刑.

期刊摘選

He did a stretch in the federal penitentiary.

他在聯(lián)邦監(jiān)獄服刑.

期刊摘選

Fox River Penitentiary is an old prison.

??怂购邮杖菟且凰吓票O(jiān)獄.

期刊摘選

The exact penitentiary ( or penalty ? ) where they are been held is under disclosed.

他們到底被關(guān)在哪座監(jiān)獄 不得而知 .

期刊摘選

She called the penitentiary and asked to teach creative writing to inmates.

她打電話給監(jiān)獄,想教犯人寫作.

期刊摘選

You want to spend the next 20 years in a federal penitentiary, starting tonight?

你難道想從今晚起到聯(lián)邦監(jiān)獄去服刑20年 嗎 ?

電影對白

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes

Adjective
  • 1. used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers;

    "penitentiary institutions"

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