penitentiary

[ˌpenɪˈtenʃəri]
  • 释义
  • <美>监狱;

  • 双语例句
  • 1、

    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》
  • 2、

    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
  • 3、

    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
  • 4、

    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
  • 5、

    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
  • 6、

    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
  • 7、

    He worked as a warden at the state penitentiary.

    他在这所州监狱任看守长.

    辞典例句
  • 8、

    Lee is serving his sentence down at the penitentiary.

    李正在监狱服刑.

    期刊摘选
  • 9、

    the North Carolina state penitentiary

    北卡罗来纳州立监狱

    朗文当代高级英语词典 第6版
  • 10、

    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
  • 11、

    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
  • 12、

    He did a stretch in the federal penitentiary.

    他在联邦监狱服刑.

    期刊摘选
  • 13、

    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
  • 14、

    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
  • 15、

    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