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borstal

/bawr-stuhl/US // ˈbɔr stəl //UK // (ˈbɔːstəl) //

波尔斯特尔,波尔斯特拉,波尔斯特拉尔,波尔斯塔

Related Words

reform school劳改学校,工读学校,感化院,改造学校reformatory感化院,教养院,劳改所,劳教所detention center拘留中心,拘留所,拘押中心,羁押中心detention home拘留所,羁押所,拘押所,拘禁所house of correction惩戒所,教养院,惩教所,矫治所training school培训学校,训练学校,培训学院,培训班boot camp训练营,训练班,新训练营military school军事学校,军校,军学校,军学

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a school providing therapy and vocational training for delinquent boys in the United Kingdom and parts of the Commonwealth in the 20th century and continuing to operate in India and some other Commonwealth nations in the 21st century.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inhouse of correction
Synonyms
detention center拘留中心,拘留所,拘押中心,羁押中心detention home拘留所,羁押所,拘押所,拘禁所house of detention拘留所,羁押所,关押所,拘押所reform school劳改学校,工读学校,感化院,改造学校reformatory感化院,教养院,劳改所,劳教所
as inreform school
Synonyms
boot camp训练营,训练班,新训练营house of correction惩戒所,教养院,惩教所,矫治所military school军事学校,军校,军学校,军学reformatory感化院,教养院,劳改所,劳教所training school培训学校,训练学校,培训学院,培训班

Examples

  • You may find it in the little street that runs off the market place, going down towards the Borstal Institution.

  • Bertram Borstal turned out his pockets and spread their contents on the table before him.

  • It was not till he heard this that Bertram Borstal, racked with indigestion, realised the atrocious barbarity of his reprieve.

  • This led to the foundation of the Borstal scheme, which was first formally started in October 1902.

  • At Caversham there is a small proportion of the inmates who should be transferred to a Borstal institution.

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