1. While he was in the penitentiary her father died and the family broke up. 他坐牢的时候，她的父亲死了，家庭就拆散了。
2. A place where persons convicted or accused of crimes are confined; a penitentiary or a jail. 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。
3. Later, at Ohio State Penitentiary, doctors injected HeLa cells into prisoners without telling them what they were doing: some developed tumours as a result. 随后在俄亥俄州立监狱，医生们在不告知罪犯的情况下将海拉细胞注入他们的体内：结果是一些成熟的肿瘤。
英英解释
n.
1. a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
2. used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers
