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 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。
• An Investigation of AIDS knowledge and Attitude among the Penitentiary Women
  某收容教育所服教妇女艾滋病知识和态度调查分析
• 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。
• Dwight is in lucasville state penitentiary.
  德怀特在卢卡斯威州监狱。
• He worked as a warden at the state penitentiary.
  他在这所州监狱任看守长。
• And you'll be spending every day in the federal penitentiary.
  每一天都在联邦监狱度过。
• International Centre for Sociological, Penal and Penitentiary Research and Studies at Messina
  墨西拿国际社会学、惩罚和教养研究中心
• 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。
• 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。