reformatory

英 [rɪ'fɔːmət(ə)rɪ] 美[rɪ'fɔrmətɔri]

英英释义实用场景例句

近义词prison

复数: reformatories;

1. correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders

reformatory (adj.): 1704, from past participle stem of Latin reformare "to transform, change" (see reform (v.)). As a noun, "house of correction for juveniles," from 1758.

He was eventually sent to an institution for disturbed boys, and later to Wiltwyck reformatory.: 后来,他被送往一个专为心理失调的男孩而设的机构, 这之后又被送至维尔特维克感化院.

Note: Basic statistics excluded data of skilled workers'schools and reformatory schools.: 注: 基本情况中未含技工校、工读校数据.