详细释义
Noun:
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a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
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used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers;
"penitentiary institutions"
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showing or constituting penance;
"penitential tears"
"wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words"
双语例句
- 1. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. He worked as a warden at the state penitentiary.
- 他在这所州监狱任看守长.
来自辞典例句
- 3. 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.
来自辞典例句
- 4. 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.
来自辞典例句
- 5. 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 ?
来自电影对白
- He worked as a warden at the state penitentiary.
他在这所州监狱任看守长。 - She was placed in the Dublin penitentiary for dealing in drugs by telephone.
她因通过电话做毒品交易而被囚于都柏林监狱。
用作名词 (n.)
相关词汇
- prison 监狱
- pen 钢笔
- jail 监牢
- penal colony (罪犯的)流放地...
- labor camp 劳改所
- labour camp 劳动营
- house of correction 感化院
- reformatory 少年管教所
- nick 刻痕
- penitential 悔罪书
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