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。
• Tom Joad was released from the Oklahoma state penitentiary where he had served a sentence for killing a man in self-defense.
  汤姆·乔德从俄克拉何马州立监狱中释放出来，他是由于自卫杀人在那座监狱里服刑的。他在监狱里服过两年徒刑。
• He worked as a warden at the state penitentiary.
  他在这所州监狱任看守长。
• He just got out the penitentiary.
  他刚从教养所出来。
• While he was in the penitentiary her father died and the family broke up.
  他坐牢的时候，她的父亲死了，家庭就拆散了。
• And I'll have you shipped to alder penitentiary.
  我会把你运送到阿尔德监狱。
• 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。
• Generally speaking, felonies are the more serious crimes and are usually punishable by imprisonment in a penitentiary.
  一般来说，重罪是严重的犯罪行为，受到的惩罚是进监狱。
• 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。
• 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。