borstal
/bawr-stuhl/US // ˈbɔr stəl //UK // (ˈbɔːstəl) //
波尔斯特尔,波尔斯特拉,波尔斯特拉尔,波尔斯塔
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n.名词 noun
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- : a school providing therapy and vocational training for delinquent boys in the United Kingdom and parts of the Commonwealth in the 20th century and continuing to operate in India and some other Commonwealth nations in the 21st century.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as inhouse of correction
as inreform school
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You may find it in the little street that runs off the market place, going down towards the Borstal Institution.
Bertram Borstal turned out his pockets and spread their contents on the table before him.
It was not till he heard this that Bertram Borstal, racked with indigestion, realised the atrocious barbarity of his reprieve.
This led to the foundation of the Borstal scheme, which was first formally started in October 1902.
At Caversham there is a small proportion of the inmates who should be transferred to a Borstal institution.
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