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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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.
  她因通过德律风做毒品交易而被囚于都柏林监狱。
• And I'll have you shipped to alder penitentiary.
  我会把你运送到阿尔德监狱。
• Do you know anyone at the Kansas State penitentiary?
  你认识肯萨斯州监狱里的人吗？
• 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。
• You might find a more receptive audience at a male penitentiary.
  在男子收容所你们会更受欢迎。
• 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。