reformatory

UK // (rɪˈfɔːmətərɪ, -trɪ) //

感化院,教养院,劳改所,劳教所

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

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- : serving or designed to reform: reformatory lectures; reformatory punishments.

n.名词 noun

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plural re·form·a·to·ries.
- : Also called reform school . a penal institution for reforming young offenders, especially minors. See also juvenile detention center.

nounreform school

Synonyms

The state reformatory was abandoned, and scheduled for demolition once the film was finished.
The Panopticon By Jenni Fagan A teenage heroine is sent to a reformatory in this dystopian novel.
Opposite him is Jack, whose previous experience in a reformatory has "put him wise," as he expresses it.
The answer is plain: as in other reformatory institutions, there will be some successes and some failures.
Massachusetts is charged with the support of a great number of charitable and reformatory institutions.
We miss, too, in the prison, another essential element of a reformatory institution.
In other parts of France, as well as in Barn, Jeanne's reformatory movements were looked upon with great disfavor.

UK // (rɪˈfɔːmətərɪ, -trɪ) //

感化院,教养院,劳改所,劳教所

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : serving or designed to reform: reformatory lectures; reformatory punishments.

n.名词 noun

1
plural re·form·a·to·ries.
- : Also called reform school . a penal institution for reforming young offenders, especially minors. See also juvenile detention center.

nounreform school

Synonyms

The state reformatory was abandoned, and scheduled for demolition once the film was finished.
The Panopticon By Jenni Fagan A teenage heroine is sent to a reformatory in this dystopian novel.
Opposite him is Jack, whose previous experience in a reformatory has "put him wise," as he expresses it.
The answer is plain: as in other reformatory institutions, there will be some successes and some failures.
Massachusetts is charged with the support of a great number of charitable and reformatory institutions.
We miss, too, in the prison, another essential element of a reformatory institution.
In other parts of France, as well as in Barn, Jeanne's reformatory movements were looked upon with great disfavor.