penitentiary的中文翻譯是什麼意思

penitentiary

US/ˌpɛnɪˈtɛnʃəri/
UK/ˌpenɪˈtenʃəri/

n. <美>監獄

penitentiary柯林斯釋義

N-COUNT監獄

A penitentiary is a prison.

    penitentiary英文釋義

    Noun

    1. a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes

      Adjective

      1. used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers;

      • penitentiary institutions

      penitentiary場景例句

      She was placed in the Dublin penitentiary for dealing in drugs by telephone.

      她因透過德律風做毒品交易而被囚于都柏林監獄.

      The hotel lies back of a dingy passage and forms a rectangle very a modern penitentiary.

      這家旅館位於一條陰暗的小道後面,呈一個長方形,同一所現代罪犯教養所十分相似.

      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.

      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裡度過四年作一選擇的話, 我會說——監獄, 謝謝.

      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.

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      penitentiary詞性變形

      penitentiaries

      penitentiary近義詞

      prison