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

• You know, if he committed any offence, it was being loyal and true to his brother whom he loved. I know where you will send him and it will not be to a penitentiary.
  你们知道，如果说他有什么罪，那就是他对兄长的忠诚和热爱，我相信你们是不会把他送进教养院的。
• He escaped from the state penitentiary late last night.
  他昨天深夜从州监狱逃跑了。
• He knowed him in the moundsville penitentiary.
  他是在蒙斯维尔监狱认识他的。
• 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。
• And you'll be spending every day in the federal penitentiary.
  每一天都在联邦监狱度过。
• 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。
• 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。
• The penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacks.
  监狱已经塞满了人，大多都是黑人。
• 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。
• There are three tribunals in Vatican which are the Supreme tribunal, the appeal tribunal and the apostolic penitentiary.
  梵蒂冈有三个法庭：即最高法庭、上诉法庭和教廷赦罪院。