penitentiary

penitentiary

英 [,penɪ'tenʃ(ə)rɪ]
　　美 [,pɛnɪ'tɛnʃəri]

adj. 應處監禁的；監禁的；懺悔的（等於penitential）
　　n. 監獄；教養所；宗教裁判所

中文詞源：

penitentiary 監獄

來自penitent,悔罪的，懺悔的，-ary,表地方。原為宗教術語，指冒犯神或教會後懺悔的地方，後引申詞義監獄。

例句：

1. If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.
倘使不得已而要對在監獄與白宮裡度過四年作一選擇的話, 我會說——監獄, 謝謝.

2. He worked as a warden at the state penitentiary.
他在這所州監獄任看守長.

3. Next day Paul was sentenced to three years in the State Penitentiary and taken off.
第二天,保羅被判三年徒刑,隨即解往州監獄.

4. While he was in the penitentiary her father died and the family broke up.
他坐牢的時候,她的父親死瞭,傢庭就拆散瞭.

5. Now , you remember when you went to visit my pop in Lewisburg Penitentiary?
還記得你去路易斯堡監獄探望過我父親 嗎 ?