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

• 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。
• The penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacks.
  监狱已经塞满了人，大多都是黑人。
• 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。
• He knowed him in the moundsville penitentiary.
  他是在蒙斯维尔监狱认识他的。
• 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。
• 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。
• You might find a more receptive audience at a male penitentiary.
  在男子收容所你们会更受欢迎。
• 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。
• 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
• Next day Paul was sentenced to three years in the State Penitentiary and taken off.
  第二天，保罗被判三年徒刑，随即解往州监狱。