英语释义

• a penal institution where prisoners are exiled (often located on an island from which escape is difficult or impossible)

片语

In the Penal ColonyIn the Penal Colony is a chamber opera in one act and 16 scenes composed by Philip Glass to an English-language libretto by Rudy Wurlitzer. The opera is based on Franz Kafka's German-language short story "In the Penal Colony" and was commissioned by ACT Theatre in Seattle, Washington, where it premiered on 31 August 2000.

a penal colony监禁地

presidio(Presidio)人名；(葡)普雷西迪奥

Bitter Sweet The Penal Colony流放地

Penal colony in Asutralia历史上的今天澳大利亚囚犯隔离区

The Penal Colony流放地

英汉例句

• Xinjiang was an important penal colony for 150 years after the Emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty.

  清代新疆自乾隆朝统一之后的一个半世纪内，一直是重要的流放地。

• An island in the Caribbean Sea off French Guiana. A French penal colony after the 850's, it was used mainly for political prisoners, including Alfred Dreyfus (sequestered 894-899).

  法属圭亚那所属的位于加勒比海上的一个岛。9世纪后半叶法国的罪犯充军地，主要用于监禁政治犯，其中着名的犯人有阿弗雷德·德莱富斯（羁押期894年-899年）

• The first British settlement, a penal colony at Fort Jackson (now part of Sydney), was established in 788.

  英国于788年在杰克逊堡（现悉尼一部分）建立第一块流放殖民者居住地。

• Australia transformed itself from penal colony to one of the most popular property markets and successful developed economies.

  澳大利亚就是从一个罪犯流放国跻身于备受青睐的资产市场、成为一个高度发达的国家。