单词 | mark system |
释义 | > as lemmasmark system mark system n. (in a prison) a system for maintaining discipline by recording marks for good or bad conduct, on the basis of which privileges, parole, etc., may be awarded or withdrawn. ΚΠ 1862 J. Backhouse & C. Tylor Life & Labours G. W. Walker 272 The experiments which were made on Norfolk Island and elsewhere, of the Mark System..were considered by some to be unsuccessful. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 754/2 He devised an ingenious system of recording the convicts' daily industry by marks... The mark system had already been tried with good results in Ireland. < as lemmas |
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