| 词汇 | borstal |
| 释义 | borstal noun[ C or U ] UKuk /ˈbɔː.stəl/ us /ˈbɔːr.stəl/ (in the past) a prison for boys who were too young to be sent to an ordinary prison（旧时）少年犯教养院 Prisons & parts of prisons approved school Bastille boot camp brig chain gang gaoler halfway house HMP house of correction open prison panopticon penal colony penitentiary prison straightjacket straitjacket the gulag warder young offender institution youth custody Examples of borstalborstal At the same time, it is because of the presence of the borstal in the narrative background that the surroundings take on a particular significance. Again, it is not so much that the inmates of the borstal must submit to physical violence. 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 the borstal. As often happens, there were no vacancies in any borstal institution. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It included a two-day hike up the dales, sleeping out, and another week inside the borstal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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 the Open 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 the borstal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In 1961 one boy absconded from the borstal and was recaptured after four days; no prisoner escaped. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It may be that the emphasis of the approved school is education and, as he says, the emphasis of borstal is punitive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They start with approved school, and go on to borstal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The consideration of the approved school cannot be separated from that of borstal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This new penal edifice will be no more successful than its predecessors—the borstal and approved school. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The only penalties which today mean anything to the youth or young adult is the approved school or borstal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He then goes to an approved school or to borstal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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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