penitentiary
英 [,penɪ'tenʃ(ə)rɪ]
美[,pɛnɪ'tɛnʃəri]
- adj. 应处监禁的；监禁的；忏悔的（等于penitential）
- n. 监狱；教养所；宗教裁判所
实用场景例句
- 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.
期刊摘选
- The hotel lies back of a dingy passage and forms a rectangle very a modern penitentiary.
- 这家旅馆位于一条阴暗的小道后面,呈一个长方形,同一所现代罪犯教养所十分相似.
期刊摘选
- 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.
辞典例句
- If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.
- 倘使不得已而要对在监狱与白宫里度过四年作一选择的话, 我会说——监狱, 谢谢.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
辞典例句
- Now , you remember when you went to visit my pop in Lewisburg Penitentiary?
- 还记得你去路易斯堡监狱探望过我父亲 吗 ?
电影对白
- Fox River Penitentiary is an old prison. Guard towers and forbidding razor wire line the perimeter.
- FoxRiver监狱是一个老监狱, 哨塔和铁丝网遍布周围.
期刊摘选
- He worked as a warden at the state penitentiary.
- 他在这所州监狱任看守长.
辞典例句
- Lee is serving his sentence down at the penitentiary.
- 李正在监狱服刑.
期刊摘选
- He did a stretch in the federal penitentiary.
- 他在联邦监狱服刑.
期刊摘选
- Fox River Penitentiary is an old prison.
- 福克斯河收容所是一所老牌监狱.
期刊摘选
- The exact penitentiary ( or penalty ? ) where they are been held is under disclosed.
- 他们到底被关在哪座监狱 不得而知 .
期刊摘选
- She called the penitentiary and asked to teach creative writing to inmates.
- 她打电话给监狱,想教犯人写作.
期刊摘选
- You want to spend the next 20 years in a federal penitentiary, starting tonight?
- 你难道想从今晚起到联邦监狱去服刑20年 吗 ?
电影对白