penitentiary
英 [,penɪ'tenʃ(ə)rɪ]
美[,pɛnɪ'tɛnʃəri]
- adj. 应处监禁的；监禁的；忏悔的（等于penitential）
- n. 监狱；教养所；宗教裁判所
词态变化
复数: penitentiaries;
助记提示
1、penit- + -ent + -iary.
2、让你悔罪的、让你悔罪的地方。
2、让你悔罪的、让你悔罪的地方。
中文词源
penitentiary 监狱
来自penitent,悔罪的，忏悔的，-ary,表地方。原为宗教术语，指冒犯神或教会后忏悔的地方，后引申词义监狱。
英英释意
- 1. a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
英文词源
- penitentiary (n.)
- early 15c., "place of punishment for offenses against the church," from Medieval Latin penitentiaria, from fem. of penitentiarius (adj.) "of penance," from Latin paenitentia "penitence" (see penitence). Meaning "house of correction" (originally an asylum for prostitutes) is from 1806, short for penitentiary house (1776). Slang shortening pen is attested from 1884.
实用场景例句
- 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.
期刊摘选
- The hotel lies back of a dingy passage and forms a rectangle very a modern penitentiary.
- 这家旅馆位于一条阴暗的小道后面,呈一个长方形,同一所现代罪犯教养所十分相似.
期刊摘选
- 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.
辞典例句
- If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.
- 倘使不得已而要对在监狱与白宫里度过四年作一选择的话, 我会说——监狱, 谢谢.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
辞典例句
- Now , you remember when you went to visit my pop in Lewisburg Penitentiary?
- 还记得你去路易斯堡监狱探望过我父亲 吗 ?
电影对白
- Fox River Penitentiary is an old prison. Guard towers and forbidding razor wire line the perimeter.
- FoxRiver监狱是一个老监狱, 哨塔和铁丝网遍布周围.
期刊摘选
- He worked as a warden at the state penitentiary.
- 他在这所州监狱任看守长.
辞典例句
- Lee is serving his sentence down at the penitentiary.
- 李正在监狱服刑.
期刊摘选
- He did a stretch in the federal penitentiary.
- 他在联邦监狱服刑.
期刊摘选
- Fox River Penitentiary is an old prison.
- 福克斯河收容所是一所老牌监狱.
期刊摘选
- The exact penitentiary ( or penalty ? ) where they are been held is under disclosed.
- 他们到底被关在哪座监狱 不得而知 .
期刊摘选
- She called the penitentiary and asked to teach creative writing to inmates.
- 她打电话给监狱,想教犯人写作.
期刊摘选
- You want to spend the next 20 years in a federal penitentiary, starting tonight?
- 你难道想从今晚起到联邦监狱去服刑20年 吗 ?
电影对白