She entered a convent at the age of 16. 她十六岁时进了修道院。
Living in the convent narrowed her views. 修道院生活使她的视野变窄。
She died in misery in a convent. 她悲惨地在修道院死去。
A buxom widow must be either married,buried or shut up in a convent. 寡妇门前是非多。
Their first convent was "a new building" in the Rue Cassette, out of the contributions of Mesdames de Boucsde Chateauvieux. 她们的第一个修院是用布克夫人和沙多维安夫人的钱在卡塞特街“修建一新”的。
At age 18, Gabrielle left the convent to find a job.
18岁时,加布里埃尔离开修道院去找工作。
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The inn was as silent as a convent.
餐馆安静的和修道院似的。
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The National Museum of Tile housed in a lovely former convent is dedicated to the art.
国家瓷砖博物馆所在的地方以前是一座修道院,现在则专门用于收藏艺术品。
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You're sending me back to the convent?
你要再把我送回修道院?
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He will return to the Vatican and live in what is called a convent in a few months.
数月后他将回到梵蒂冈,住在目前被称为修道院的地方。
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There's a convent, church that's going to go.
这幅画描绘的是军队开向教堂。
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She said to the pilot, ' This convent is a teaching hospital.
“这所修道院是教学医院。
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Most of the other children living in the convent were orphans.
住在修道院的其他孩子大多都是孤儿。
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And where on earth did you get skates in a convent?
你究竟怎么在\344\277\256道院里面弄到溜冰鞋的?
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" You were in a kosher convent. That's where you were."
" 你是在一个清静的修道院里,你就是待在那儿。"
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Convent
A convent is either a community of priests, religious brothers/sisters, or nuns, or the building used by the community, particularly in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Anglican Communion.
In modern English usage (from the 18th century), the term "convent" is almost invariably refer to a community of women, while "priory" and "friary" are used for men; but in historical usage they are often interchangeable.