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

• He just got out the penitentiary.
  他刚从教养所出来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。