convent
noun /ˈkɒnvənt/
/ˈkɑːnvent/, /ˈkɑːnvənt/
- a building in which a Christian community of nuns (= members of a female religious community) live together
女隐修院;女修道院 - She entered a convent at the age of sixteen.
她 16 岁当了修女。 - She spent her whole life in a convent.
她终生在修道院里度过。
Collocations ReligionReligion Being religious宗教 笃信宗教的 - believe in God/Christ/Allah/free will/predestination/heaven and hell/an afterlife/reincarnation
信仰上帝/耶稣基督/真主/自由意志/宿命论/天堂与地狱/来生/转世说 - be/become a believer/an atheist/an agnostic/a Christian/Muslim/Hindu/Buddhist, etc.
是/成为信徒/无神论者/不可知论者/基督徒/穆斯林/印度教教徒/佛教徒等 - convert to/practise a religion/Buddhism/Catholicism/Christianity/Islam/Judaism, etc.
- go to church/(North American English) temple (= the synagogue)
去教堂/会堂做礼拜 - go to the local church/mosque/synagogue/gurdwara
去当地的教堂/清真寺/犹太教会堂/谒师所做礼拜 - belong to a church/a religious community
是教堂/宗教团体的成员 - join/enter the church/a convent/a monastery/a religious sect/the clergy/the priesthood
成为牧师/女修道士/僧侣/宗教人员/神职人员/司祭 - praise/worship/obey/serve/glorify God
赞美/敬拜/遵从/侍奉/颂扬上帝
庆典与仪式 - attend/hold/conduct/lead a service
参加/举行/组织/主持礼拜仪式 - perform a ceremony/a rite/a ritual/a baptism/the Hajj/a mitzvah
举行典礼/仪式/宗教仪式/洗礼/朝觐/受戒仪式 - carry out/perform a sacred/burial/funeral/fertility/purification rite
举行宗教/安葬/葬礼/丰收/净化仪式 - go on/make a pilgrimage
前往朝圣 - celebrate Christmas/Easter/Eid/Ramadan/Hanukkah/Passover/Diwali
庆祝圣诞节/复活节/开斋节/斋月/修殿节/逾越节/排灯节 - observe/break the Sabbath/a fast/Ramadan
守/不守安息日/斋戒/斋月 - deliver/preach/hear a sermon
传道;讲道;听布道 - lead/address the congregation
带领会众;对会众发表演讲 - say/recite a prayer/blessing
念诵/背诵经文;祝祷
宗教经文与思想 - preach/proclaim/spread the word of God/the Gospel/the message of Islam
传布/颂扬/传播上帝的话/《福音》/伊斯兰教义 - study/follow the dharma/the teachings of Buddha
研究/遵循达摩/佛教教义 - read/study/understand/interpret scripture/the Bible/the Koran/the gospel/the Torah
阅读/研究/理解/阐释经文/《圣经》/《古兰经》/《福音》/托拉 - be based on/derive from divine revelation
基于/来源于上帝的启示 - commit/consider something heresy/sacrilege
犯异端/渎圣罪;认为…是异端邪说/亵渎圣物
宗教信仰与体验 - seek/find/gain enlightenment/wisdom
寻求/找到/获得启迪/智慧 - strengthen/lose your faith
增强/失去信德 - keep/practise/practice/abandon the faith
忠于/践行/放弃信仰 - save/purify/lose your soul
拯救/净化/失去灵魂 - obey/follow/keep/break/violate a commandment/Islamic law/Jewish law
服从/遵循/恪守/违反/亵渎诫条/伊斯兰教法/犹太教法 - be/accept/do God’s will
是/接受/践行上帝的旨意 - receive/experience divine grace
得到/感受神的恩宠 - achieve/attain enlightenment/salvation/nirvana
获得启迪/拯救/涅槃 - undergo a conversion/rebirth/reincarnation
经历皈依/重生/转世化身 - hear/answer a prayer
聆听/回应祷告 - commit/confess/forgive a sin
犯罪;忏悔;宽恕罪过 - do/perform penance
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Topics Religion and festivalsc2, Buildingsc2- The nuns established a convent here in 1692.
1692 年,修女们在这儿创立了一所修道院。 - the Convent of St Saviour
救主女修院 - within the convent walls
女修道院内
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- Carmelite
- Catholic
- Franciscan
- …
- enter
- join
- leave
- …
- building
- wall
- education
- …
- in a/the convent
- convent of
- She entered a convent at the age of sixteen.
- (also convent school)a school run by nuns
女修会开办的学校 Collocations Dictionaryadjective- Carmelite
- Catholic
- Franciscan
- …
- enter
- join
- leave
- …
- building
- wall
- education
- …
- in a/the convent
- convent of
词源Middle English: from Old French, from Latin conventus ‘assembly, company’, from the verb convenire ‘assemble, agree, fit’, from con- ‘together’ + venire ‘come’. The original spelling was covent (surviving in the place name Covent Garden); the modern form dates from the 16th cent.