| 词汇 | reformatory |
| 释义 | reformatory noun[ C ] USold-fashioneduk /rɪˈfɔː.mə.tər.i/ us /rɪˈfɔːr.mə.tɔːr.i/ (especially in the past) a type of school where young people who have broken the law are sent instead of prison: （尤指旧时的）感化院，少年管教所，青少年教养院 For the cab holdup, Benny was placed in a reformatory for almost two years.因为抢劫出租车，本尼被送去了感化院将近两年。 Types of school academy alma mater alternative school business school centre of excellence charter school coeducational conservatory elementary school grade school grant-maintained school prep school preparatory school private reform school secondary school selective seminary senior high school special school reformatory adjective uk /rɪˈfɔː.mə.tər.i/ us /rɪˈfɔːr.mə.tɔːr.i/ intended to change something in order to make it better: 起革新作用的，起改良作用的 the reformatory objectives of liberal free trade自由贸易的改革性目标 Making things better add salt to somethingidiom allay alleviate alleviation ameliorate cultivate levelling up liven (something) up lubricate make a differenceidiom make a world of differenceidiom remedial restructure revamp revitalize revivify revolutionize salve sharpen tonic Examples of reformatoryreformatory In the 1920s we had the setting up of the borstals which were supposed to be a more civilised form of custody than the reformatories. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Few of us will agree that it is due to anything more than mere mischief that many of these lads are in reformatories or prisons. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One can send boys to reformatories; but, as the minimum period is two years, that would seem far too grave a punishment for this offence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was a committee appointed last year to report on the salaries and conditions of service of officers in industrial schools and reformatories. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The numbers are, for reformatories forty boys and four girls and for industrial schools eighty-one boys and four girls. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the case of certified reformatories half the cost was to be so borne. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The children cannot wholly be sheltered from the world as it is, even when we shut them away in reformatories and boarding schools. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our prisons, our reformatories, our remand homes, are filled to overflowing, many prisoners living three in a cell. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Today, our prisons have three in a cell, and our reformatories are overfull. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At that time such schools were called reformatories. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The only alternative to sending them to prison is to send them to reformatories or industrial schools, and then you run the risk of turning out hardened criminals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With the overcrowding of prisons the state came to believe that it would be better to separate habitual drunkenness offenders and put them in what were then known as reformatories. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Can they be sent to reformatories? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know that reformatories are not so bad as they used to be in the past, but the same class of criminals is still sent there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that, in the direction of the more careful subdivision of various types, we should find the most hopeful development of our industrial homes and reformatories. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of reformatory 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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