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penitentiary n.监狱；宗教裁判所adj.改过的；感化的；惩罚的 (1) 他在这所州监狱任看守长。(2) 她因通过电话做毒品交易而被囚于都柏林监狱。 Penitentiary comes from the Latin paenitentia, meaning "repentance." A penitentiary is a place you are sent to make repentance for a crime committed. Penitentiary can also be used as an adjective to describe something done to show penance, as in the penitentiary scarlet "A" on Hester Prynne's chest. In the Roman Catholic Church, a penitentiary is a priest who administers the sacrament of penance, or hears people's confessions.

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英 [ˌpenɪ'tenʃəri] 美 [ˌpenɪ'tenʃəri] (1) He worked as a warden at the state penitentiary.(2) She was placed in the Dublin penitentiary for dealing in drugs by telephone. A penitentiary is a prison for big-time criminals convicted of big-time crimes. Commit a serious crime like a murder and you won't just go to jail; you'll be sent to the penitentiary. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]监狱 A penitentiary is a prison.   [AM 美]  [FORMAL 正式]

英语单词	penitentiary
英美音标	英 [ˌpenɪ'tenʃəri] 美 [ˌpenɪ'tenʃəri]
中文释义	n.监狱；宗教裁判所 adj.改过的；感化的；惩罚的
英语例句	(1) He worked as a warden at the state penitentiary. (2) She was placed in the Dublin penitentiary for dealing in drugs by telephone.
中文例句	(1) 他在这所州监狱任看守长。 (2) 她因通过电话做毒品交易而被囚于都柏林监狱。
vocabulary简明	A penitentiary is a prison for big-time criminals convicted of big-time crimes. Commit a serious crime like a murder and you won't just go to jail; you'll be sent to the penitentiary.
vocabulary扩展	Penitentiary comes from the Latin paenitentia, meaning "repentance." A penitentiary is a place you are sent to make repentance for a crime committed. Penitentiary can also be used as an adjective to describe something done to show penance, as in the penitentiary scarlet "A" on Hester Prynne's chest. In the Roman Catholic Church, a penitentiary is a priest who administers the sacrament of penance, or hears people's confessions.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]监狱 A penitentiary is a prison. [AM 美] [FORMAL 正式]

Penitentiary Big Time Crime Penance 英 ˌpenɪ'Tenʃəri] 美 ˌpenɪ'Tenʃəri N.监狱；宗教裁判所