convent

US [ˈkɑnˌvent]
UK [ˈkɒnvənt]
  • n.(女)修道院
  • Web女修道院；女修道会；修女院
Plural Form：convents  

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convent
n.
1.
女隐修院；女修道院a building in which nuns (= members of a female religious community) live together
2.
女修会开办的学校a school run by nuns

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AllAll,修道院修道院,女修道院女修道院,女修道会女修道会,修女院修女院
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1.
She WAS home from convent boarding school and WAS excitedly looking forward to her gifts next day, which I had already purchased.
她从女修道院办的寄宿学校回来了，十分激动地等着第二天的礼物，那是我早就买好了的。
tā cóng nǚ xiū dào yuàn bàn de jì sù xué xiào huí lái le , shí fēn jī dòng de děng zhe dì èr tiān de lǐ wù , nà shì wǒ zǎo jiù mǎi hǎo le de 。
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2.
Her dress was both aged and childish, like the dress of the scholars in a convent; it consisted of a badly cut gown of black merino.
她的打扮是修道院里寄读生的那种派头，既象老妇人，又象小孩，穿一件不合身的黑色粗呢裙袍。
tā de dǎ bàn shì xiū dào yuàn lǐ jì dú shēng de nà zhǒng pài tóu , jì xiàng lǎo fù rén , yòu xiàng xiǎo hái , chuān yī jiàn bù hé shēn de hēi sè cū ne qún páo 。
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3.
In 1948 she was granted permission to leave her post at the convent and begin a ministry among the sick.
她在1948年被允许离开她在女修道院的职位开始在病人中间提供服务。
tā zài yī jiǔ sì bā nián bèi yǔn xǔ lí kāi tā zài nǚ xiū dào yuàn de zhí wèi kāi shǐ zài bìng rén zhōng jiān tí gōng fú wù 。
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4.
But even without any sort of view, the convent seems a nice spot to be a nun.
不过，即使没有任何景观，这个修道院看来还是尼姑的好去处。
bú guò , jí shǐ méi yǒu rèn hé jǐng guān , zhè ge xiū dào yuàn kàn lái hái shì ní gū de hǎo qù chù 。
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5.
I always feel as if I were in the convent again--or on the stage, before a dreadfully polite audience that never applauds.
我老觉得仿佛又进了修道院——或者上了舞台，面对着一群彬彬有礼却决不会鼓掌的可怕观众。
wǒ lǎo jué de fǎng fú yòu jìn le xiū dào yuàn — — huò zhě shàng le wǔ tái , miàn duì zhe yì qún bīn bīn yǒu lǐ què jué bú huì gǔ zhǎng de kě pà guān zhòng 。
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6.
She moved into the convent after his death, staying there for the last four years of her life.
丈夫去世后，格拉尔迪尼搬到修道院居住，在那里度过了生命的最后四年时光。
zhàng fu qù shì hòu , gé lā ěr dí ní bān dào xiū dào yuàn jū zhù , zài nà li dù guò le shēng mìng de zuì hòu sì nián shí guāng 。
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7.
The excavation team revealed over the weekend that it had found a crypt after a two-week search at an abandoned convent in Florence.
挖掘队伍上周末公布，经过近半月的搜寻，他们发现了葬在废弃的佛罗伦萨修道院内这具骸骨。
wā jué duì wu shàng zhōu mò gōng bù , jīng guò jìn bàn yuè de sōu xún , tā men fā xiàn le zàng zài fèi qì de fú luó lún sà xiū dào yuàn nèi zhè jù hái gǔ 。
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8.
She could not go, she said, because there would be a retreat that week in her convent.
她说她不能去，因为那周女修道院有一次静修。
tā shuō tā bù néng qù , yīn wèi nà zhōu nǚ xiū dào yuàn yǒu yī cì jìng xiū 。
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9.
They argued back and forth for a few minutes. Finally the priest agreed to let them leave the convent for the weekend.
他们争执了一番，最后牧师同意她们离开修道院度周末。
tā men zhēng zhí le yì fān , zuì hòu mù shī tóng yì tā men lí kāi xiū dào yuàn dù zhōu mò 。
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10.
The little girl from the convent was in her prim white dress, with her small submissive face.
那个从修道院来的小姑娘穿着整洁的白外衣，一张温驯的小脸蛋。
nà ge cóng xiū dào yuàn lái de xiǎo gū niang chuān zhe zhěng jié de bái wài yī , yī zhāng wēn xùn de xiǎo liǎn dàn 。
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