The hostel helps to bridge the gap between prison and life on the outside.

这家招待所有助于消除监狱和外面的生活之间的巨大差异。

I got three years' probation, on condition that I stay at the hostel for a year.

我得到三期，条件是我必须在招待所呆满。

A youth hostel is a place where esp. young people stay when they are on a walking holiday.

青招待所是专为徒步旅行的青所设的住处。

It seemed obvious now that his plan of the previous day—that of covering himself with a shallow layer of anonymity, becoming a turnspit or a scrubber at some rural hostel—was an impossible notion.

现在看起来，很明显，他头天的计划——就是在些乡村的旅馆里，找个烤肉的，或是洗碗的工作，以此来给自己罩上层薄薄的伪装，隐藏自己的身份——这明显是不可能的了。