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

这家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.

我得到三年试用期，条件是我必须在所呆满一年。

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

青年所是专为徒旅行的青年所设的住处。

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，很明显，他头一天的计划——就是在一些乡村的旅馆里，找一个烤肉的，或是洗碗的工作，以此己罩上一层薄薄的伪装，隐藏己的身份——这明显是不可能的了。