penitentiary

美 [ˌpenɪˈtenʃəri]英 [ˌpenɪˈtenʃəri]
  • n.监狱
  • adj.悔改的;苦行赎罪的;〈美〉应监禁的

复数: penitentiaries

penitentiarypenitentiary

noun

【不规则形式】pl. -ies

both NAmE监狱
a prison

also informal pen

penitentiary

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 监狱
    A penitentiary is a prison.

noun

1
a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
Synonym: pen

adj

1
showing or constituting penance
penitential tears
wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words
Synonym: penitential
2
used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers
penitentiary institutions

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  1. He escaped from the state penitentiary late last night .

    他昨天深夜从州监狱逃跑了。

  2. And you 'll be spending every day in the federal penitentiary .

    每一天都在联邦监狱度过。

  3. 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

  4. 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。

  5. 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。

  6. You might find a more receptive audience at a male penitentiary .

    在男子收容所你们会更受欢迎。

  7. Do you know anyone at the Kansas State penitentiary ?

    你认识肯萨斯州监狱里的人吗?

  8. On the Difficulty and Strategy of the Enforcement outside the Laboring Penitentiary

    论劳动教养所外执行的难点与对策

  9. 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

  10. executed by lethal injection in a state penitentiary .

    在一所州监狱被处以注射死刑

  11. 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。

  12. 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。

  13. He worked as a warden at the state penitentiary .

    他在这所州监狱任看守长。

  14. Making use of written or common law , the serf-owners set up penitentiaries or private jails .

    农奴主运用成文法或习惯法,设立监狱或私牢。

  15. 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。

  16. He robbed five banks in the Midwest and escaped from the Nevada State Penitentiary .

    他在中西部抢劫了五家银行,从内华达州监狱里逃跑。

  17. The penitentiary 's packed , and it 's filled with blacks .

    监狱已经塞满了人,大多都是黑人。

  18. 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。

  19. European Meeting of Heads of Prison Administrations He worked as a warden at the state penitentiary .

    欧洲监狱机构首长会议他在这所州监狱任看守长。

  20. He just got out the penitentiary .

    他刚从教养所出来。

  21. It was spring before I managed to escape from the penitentiary , and then only by a stroke of fortune .

    待我设法逃离这座感化院已是春天了,那还是因为命运的巧妙安排。

  22. The best stories of this sort usually involve the innocent foreigner being shackled or bundled off to the state penitentiary .

    大多数这类故事通常会涉及无辜的外国人被带上手铐或被匆匆送到国家监狱。

  23. 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。

  24. It was a penitentiary offense to educate a Negro

    为黑人提供教育曾是应处监禁的罪行

  25. And I 'll have you shipped to alder penitentiary .

    我会把你运送到阿尔德监狱。

  26. 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。

  27. His journey is interrupted by a stretch in the Charleston penitentiary , where he learns a few painful facts of life .

    就在事业风生水起之时,他被抓入查尔斯顿监狱,服刑期间吃了不少苦头。

  28. operated this island as a penitentiary for criminals deemed so dangerous , they couldn 't be safely incarcerated on the mainland .

    把这座岛变成了专门关押无法在大陆安全监禁的极具危险性的罪犯

  29. For example , a zip gun that was found in a penitentiary in Canada that was hidden among leather hobby-craft tools could fire . 22 caliber bullets .

    比如在加拿大一座监狱发现了一把藏在皮革手工爱好者工具中的拉链枪,可以发射22口径的子弹。

  30. Xie Jin must have been particularly moved : he hired Zhao to star in a movie , Nu Er Gu ( Penitentiary Angel ) .

    相信谢晋尢其感动:他在一部电影《女儿谷》(落难俏佳人)中起用了赵薇。