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 宗教 Being religious 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
Celebrations and ritual 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
Religious texts and ideas 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
Religious belief and experience 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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Extra ExamplesTopics Religion and festivalsc2, Buildingsc2The 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- Carmelite
- Catholic
- Franciscan
- …
- enter
- join
- leave
- …
- building
- wall
- education
- …
- in a/the convent
- convent of
- (also convent school)
a school run by nuns 女修会开办的学校 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- Carmelite
- Catholic
- Franciscan
- …
- enter
- join
- leave
- …
- building
- wall
- education
- …
- in a/the convent
- convent of
Word OriginMiddle 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.