| 单词 | borstal |
| 释义 | borstal noun[CorU] UKuk/ˈbɔː.stəl/us/ˈbɔːr.stəl/(in the past) aprisonforboyswho were tooyoungto besentto anordinaryprison （旧时）少年犯教养院Prisons & parts of prisons
Examplesofborstalborstal At the same time, it is because of the presence of theborstalin the narrative background that the surroundings take on a particular significance. From theCambridge English Corpus Again, it is not so much that the inmates of theborstalmust submit to physical violence. From theCambridge English Corpus Signs of this historical unconscious can be traced in the novella by analysing the representation of figures of legal authority, particularly the figure of the governor of theborstal. From theCambridge English Corpus As often happens, there were no vacancies in anyborstalinstitution. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It included a two-day hike up the dales, sleeping out, and another week inside theborstal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Those baby borstals will be about as tough as kindergartens. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The most important element of all is that they give a boy a foothold in the decent law-abiding community when he leaves theborstal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In 1961 one boy absconded from theborstaland was recaptured after four days; no prisoner escaped. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The total prison,borstal, approved school and detention centre population was 34,700. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It may be that the emphasis of the approved school is education and, as he says, the emphasis ofborstalis punitive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They start with approved school, and go on toborstal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The consideration of the approved school cannot be separated from that ofborstal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This new penal edifice will be no more successful than its predecessors—theborstaland approved school. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The only penalties which today mean anything to the youth or young adult is the approved school orborstal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He then goes to an approved school or toborstal. 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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