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

• The penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacks.
  监狱已经塞满了人，大多都是黑人。
• He just got out the penitentiary.
  他刚从教养所出来。
• European Meeting of Heads of Prison Administrations He worked as a warden at the state penitentiary.
  欧洲监狱机构首长会议他在这所州监狱任看守长。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Dwight is in lucasville state penitentiary.
  德怀特在卢卡斯威州监狱。
• Do you know anyone at the Kansas State penitentiary?
  你认识肯萨斯州监狱里的人吗？
• 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。
• You might find a more receptive audience at a male penitentiary.
  在男子收容所你们会更受欢迎。