Penitentiary怎么读,Penitentiary的音标和真人发音
英音  [ˌpenɪˈtenʃərɪ]    
美音 [ˌpɛnɪˈtɛnʃərɪ]    
音节划分:peni-ten-tiary

Penitentiary是什么意思,Penitentiary的意思是

n.<美>监狱
adj.用作教养的,感化(院)的,教养所的

Penitentiary的词源和记忆技巧

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。

Penitentiary 的用法和双语例句“点击”或“选中”例句中的单词,就可以看到词义解释

Public enemies begins in 1933 as john dillinger ( johnny depp ) leads a mass breakout from indiana state penitentiary .
《公敌》的故事发生于1933年,约翰狄林杰(强尼.迪普饰)带领一群人从印第安纳州的监狱中逃越出来。
Later , at ohio state penitentiary , doctors injected hela cells into prisoners without telling them what they were doing : some developed tumours as a result .
随后在俄亥俄州立监狱,医生们在不告知罪犯的情况下将海拉细胞注入他们的体内:结果是一些成熟的肿瘤。
But only a handful of the 1400 graduates of a pioneering training institute for penitentiary staff have jobs in a system still dominated by the security forces , according to human-rights groups .
但是根据人权组织的说法,从第一所专门训练监狱工作者的机构毕业的1400人只有很少一部分在该系统找到工作,监狱系统任由安全部队控制。
At the time , he was still working as a parole officer for the state and he was taking one of the prisoners , who must have been out on furlough , back to the penitentiary .
那时他还在工作,是州里的假释官,因此来时带着一个囚犯,那人准是在外面休假准备回监狱去的。