Penitentiary
[ peni'tenʃəri ]
辅助 Assistant
n. <美>监狱;
adj. 用作教养的，感化（院）的，教养所的;
📝 例句
penitentiary n.
听悔僧；教诲师；赎免局
penitentiary offences
应受惩罚的恶劣行为
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。
A penitentiary offense.
受感化教养惩处的犯罪
He worked as a warden at the state penitentiary.
他在这所州监狱任看守长。
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penitent
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
penitentiary
n
(US) federalor state prison for people who have committed serious crimes （联邦或州的）监狱. penitentiary, adj
(a) of or relating to penance 自我惩罚的; 赎罪的.
(b) of or relating to treatment intendedto reform offenders 感化的.
🔁 扩展释义
*[,peni'tenʃәri]n. 监狱, 收容所, 教养所, 宗教裁判所a. 用作感化的, 应处监禁的, 教养所的, 收容所的【法】 教养所, 妓女收容所, 州监狱
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Are you kidding?
你在开玩笑吗？
That brings us to the question of price. What do you have in mind?
那使我们想起价钱问题，你心目中的价钱是多少？
On Christmas Eve the night before Christmas Day children all over Britain put a stocking at the end of their beds before they go to sleep.
在圣诞节前夜圣诞节前一天夜里全英国的孩子们在睡觉前，都把他们的长统袜挂在床脚边。