penitentiary的意思|示意

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》

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.

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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.

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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 .

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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

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.

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