penitentiary
英 [,pen?'ten?(?)r?]
美[,p?n?'t?n??ri]
- adj. 應處監禁的；監禁的；懺悔的（等于penitential）
- n. 監獄；教養所；宗教裁判所
實用場景例句
- She was placed in the Dublin penitentiary for dealing in drugs by telephone.
- 她因通過德律風做毒品交易而被囚于都柏林監獄.
期刊摘選
- The hotel lies back of a dingy passage and forms a rectangle very a modern penitentiary.
- 這家旅館位于一條陰暗的小道后面,呈一個長方形,同一所現代罪犯教養所十分相似.
期刊摘選
- Next day Paul was sentenced to three years in the State Penitentiary and taken off.
- 第二天,保羅被判三年徒刑,隨即解往州監獄.
辭典例句
- If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.
- 倘使不得已而要對在監獄與白宮里度過四年作一選擇的話, 我會說——監獄, 謝謝.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- While he was in the penitentiary her father died and the family broke up.
- 他坐牢的時候,她的父親死了,家庭就拆散了.
辭典例句
- Now , you remember when you went to visit my pop in Lewisburg Penitentiary?
- 還記得你去路易斯堡監獄探望過我父親 嗎 ?
電影對白
- Fox River Penitentiary is an old prison. Guard towers and forbidding razor wire line the perimeter.
- FoxRiver監獄是一個老監獄, 哨塔和鐵絲網遍布周圍.
期刊摘選
- He worked as a warden at the state penitentiary.
- 他在這所州監獄任看守長.
辭典例句
- Lee is serving his sentence down at the penitentiary.
- 李正在監獄服刑.
期刊摘選
- He did a stretch in the federal penitentiary.
- 他在聯邦監獄服刑.
期刊摘選
- Fox River Penitentiary is an old prison.
- 福克斯河收容所是一所老牌監獄.
期刊摘選
- The exact penitentiary ( or penalty ? ) where they are been held is under disclosed.
- 他們到底被關在哪座監獄 不得而知 .
期刊摘選
- She called the penitentiary and asked to teach creative writing to inmates.
- 她打電話給監獄,想教犯人寫作.
期刊摘選
- You want to spend the next 20 years in a federal penitentiary, starting tonight?
- 你難道想從今晚起到聯邦監獄去服刑20年 嗎 ?
電影對白