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Convent Nuns Live Living Building Community Catholic N Count

英语单词 convent
英美音标 英 ['kɒnvənt] 美 ['kɑːnvent]
中文释义 n.女修道院;女修院开办的学校
英语例句 (1) The nuns live in the convent.
(2) She bunked from the convent last term.
(3) Living in the convent narrowed her views.
(4) As a young woman she joined a convent of nuns.
中文例句 (1) 修女们住在修道院。
(2) 她上学期从女修道院逃跑了。
(3) 修道院生活使她的视野变窄。
(4) 她在年轻的时候加入了女修道会。
vocabulary简明 A convent is a place where nuns live. Have you decided to dedicate the rest of your life to serving God? Well, then, maybe it’s time for you to consider moving into a convent.
vocabulary扩展 Although convent usually refers to the actual building where nuns live together, it can also sometimes more generally refer to a Christian community that is living according to religious vows. Catholic monks live in communities together in monasteries, while Catholic nuns tend to live in convents.
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]女修道院 A convent is a building in which a community of nuns live.
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    [N-COUNT 可数名词]同 convent school A convent is the same as a convent school .

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