convent

英 [ˈkɒnvənt]

美 [ˈkɑːnvent]

n.  女隐修院; 女修道院; 女修会开办的学校

复数：convents　过去式：convented　

法律

Collins.1 / BNC.8106 / COCA.11258

同义词辨析

monasteryabbeyconventnunnery【导航词义：修道院，寺院】

牛津词典

noun

• 女隐修院；女修道院
  a building in which nuns (= members of a female religious community) live together
• 女修会开办的学校
  a school run by nuns

柯林斯词典

• 女修道院
  Aconventis a building in which a community of nuns live.
• 同 convent school
  Aconventis the same as aconvent school.

英英释义

noun

• a religious residence especially for nuns
• a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together

双语例句

• A cradle on the gate of an Italian convent gives desperate mothers a safe place to abandon a baby.
  意大利女修道院大门上的摇篮为绝望的妈妈们而设，给她们抛弃的婴儿们提供了一个安全的庇护所。
• She came to the convent with a degree in civil engineering.
  她来到修道院的时候已经获得了土木工程学位。
• Michele says it's wrong to send me to the convent.
  米切尔说送我去教会学校是送错了。
• She told me of her wish to leave the convent.
  她告诉我她希望离开修道院。
• This abbreviation had been adopted in the convent.
  这个简称是在那修院里用惯了的。
• 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 got them tied up like a couple of girl friends in the convent.
  我把他们两个象是修道院的一对女朋友似的绑在一起了。
• 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。
• With scarcely another word I saw her to the convent, then took the bus back to carfax.
  我送她去修道院的路上几乎没有再说什么话，后来搭了公共汽车回到卡尔法克斯。
• I must leave the convent to help the poor by living among them.
  我必须离开修道院去和穷人们住在一起去帮助他们。