convent

单词辨析:

monastery abbey convent nunnery 【导航词义:修道院,寺院】
monastery n. 修道院,寺院
〔辨析〕

指修道士、僧侣居住、修道之处。

〔例证〕

There are three hundred monks living in the monastery.

这个修道院里住着300个修道士。

abbey n. 大修道院,大寺院
〔辨析〕

指带建筑群的大教堂,通常供修道士或修女居住、修道等。

〔例证〕

Have you ever been to Westminster Abbey?

你去过威斯敏斯特教堂吗?

convent n. 女修道院
〔辨析〕

供修女居住、修道等的建筑或建筑群。

〔例证〕

There is a convent nearby.

附近有一所女修道院。

nunnery n. [旧]女修道院,尼姑庵
〔辨析〕

词义同 convent,但现已少用。

〔例证〕

A nunnery is a place where nuns live together.

女修道院是修女们一起居住的地方。

Jane lives in a nunnery.

简住在一座修道院里。

相关例句:

At the convent, I'd pretend to faint.

在修道院那会,我假装晕倒。

I've tried to pass off my accent as a convent school accent.

我努力将口音装成女修会学校的口音。

I'm from the convent. I'm the new governess, Captain.

我从修道院来,是新来的家庭教师,上校。

However, at the age of eight, I went to a Catholic convent school for a year and became acquainted with another aspect of Christianity.

然而在我八岁那年,我去一所天主教修女院学校上一年学,我对基督教的另一面有了了解。

I will do it or go into the convent at charleston.

我要这样办,或者到查尔斯顿的修道院里去当修女。

In the convent I attended, the recommended readings were stories of the saints and martyrs.

在女修道院,我阅读了有关圣人和殉教者的故事的推荐读物。