| 单词 | house of correction |
| 释义 | house of correction noun[C] USuk/ˌhaʊs əv kəˈrek.ʃən/us/ˌhaʊs əv kəˈrek.ʃən/abuildingwherepeoplewho havecommittedcrimesthat are notseriousaresenttoimprovetheirbehaviour 劳教所，教养院Prisons & parts of prisons
Examplesofhouse of correctionhouse of correction Goods have to be made wholly or in part in a foreign prison, jail house,houseofcorrection, or penitentiary; and that has to be proved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They called it ahouseofcorrection. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The site was later used as the villagehouseofcorrection. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The corporation established a workhouse which combined housing and care of the poor with ahouseofcorrectionfor petty offenders. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was then converted into a jail andhouseofcorrection. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His father's plea of insanity being without success, he was sentenced to three months in ahouseofcorrection. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He established ahouseofcorrectionfor minors. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.An individual that practiced such a confidence game would be branded as a two-penny thief, and would soon be consigned to ahouseofcorrection. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Here they were both sent to thehouseofcorrectionand harshly treated, but the only charge against them was preaching, and the magistrates released them. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It proposed that the able-bodied be offered work in ahouseofcorrection(the precursor of the workhouse), where the persistent idler was to be punished. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Wing's original building included... a turnkey's lodge, cells for debtors, felons andhouseofcorrectionprisoners, hot and cold baths and an oven to purify infected clothing. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The jails, prisons, and houses of correction in which these offenders were confined, however, were not yet subjected to uniformly prescribed and enforced standards. From theCambridge English Corpus There would be no forced journeys to the already overcrowded houses of correction for people whose family and neighbors would resent such actions. From theCambridge English Corpus He would have been appalled if he had investigated some of the conditions in hospitals and houses of correction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He drew a happy picture of conditions, from the point of view of dieticians, in hospitals and houses of correction in those days. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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