reformatory
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英 /ɹɪˈfɔː(ɹ)mətəɹi/|/ɹɪˈfɔː(ɹ)mətɹi/
美 /ɹəˈfɔɹməˌtɔɹi/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A prison, especially one for juveniles; a reform school.
— It was the nicest-looking property Elwood had ever seen—a real school, a good one, not the forbidding reformatory he’d conjured the last few weeks.
形容词 adj.
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Of, pertaining to, or conducive to reform; reformative.
— Other reformatory schools might not strike that balance between reform and education.
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