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

• And you'll be spending every day in the federal penitentiary.
  每一天都在联邦监狱度过。
• He worked as a warden at the state penitentiary.
  他在这所州监狱任看守长。
• Hard to believe, I know, but my usually reliable White House insiders tell me that President Bush is trying to decide whether or not to pardon Amy Fisher, now jailed in an upstate penitentiary.
  我知道，这很难令人相信，不过我在白宫里的内线（他的消息通常很可靠）告诉我：布什总统正在考虑是否应该赦免正在上州坐监的埃米・费歇尔。
• He just got out the penitentiary.
  他刚从教养所出来。
• He knowed him in the moundsville penitentiary.
  他是在蒙斯维尔监狱认识他的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Therefore, we need to do an educated modern people, obviously, the penitentiary was not born, is an acquired culture.
  所以我们要做一个有教养的现代人，显然，教养不是天生的，是后天培养的。