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 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。
• 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。
• Dwight is in lucasville state penitentiary.
  德怀特在卢卡斯威州监狱。
• He just got out the penitentiary.
  他刚从教养所出来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He worked as a warden at the state penitentiary.
  他在这所州监狱任看守长。