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enter a convent
enter 表示正式加入。
She decided to enter a convent at the age of 18.
她18岁时决定进入女修道院。
女修道院
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女修道院
a religious residence, especially for nuns
She decided to enter a convent at the age of 18.
她18岁时决定进入女修道院。
尤指修女的宗教居所
a religious residence especially for nuns
共同生活的宗教团体(尤指修女)
a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together
The old convent sits on a hill outside the village.
那座旧女修道院坐落在村外的小山上。
After years of prayer, she decided to enter a convent and devote her life to the order.
多年祈祷后，她决定进修道院，把一生献给修会。
Visitors can tour the convent and see the quiet garden where the sisters once walked.
游客可以参观这座女修道院，看看修女们曾经漫步的宁静花园。
enter 表示正式加入。
She decided to enter a convent at the age of 18.
她18岁时决定进入女修道院。
表示长期居住。
The nuns live in a convent near the village.
修女们住在村庄附近的女修道院里。
join 强调成为其中一员。
Many young women joined the convent to devote their lives to prayer.
许多年轻女性加入女修道会，致力于祈祷生活。
Not this
The United Nations convent meets annually.
Use this
The United Nations convention meets annually.
错误原因：混淆了convent（女修道院）和convention（大会）。Convent专指修女居住的宗教场所，而convention指大型会议。中文学习者常因拼写相似而误用。
Not this
The members convented for the meeting.
Use this
The members convened for the meeting.
错误原因：将convent误用作动词，表示“召集”。正确动词是convene（召集，开会）。Convent作为名词，虽有过去式形式，但并非标准动词。
Not this
I visited many convent in Italy.
Use this
I visited many convents in Italy.
错误原因：可数名词单复数错误。Convent是可数名词，复数形式为convents。中文没有明显的复数标记，学习者容易忽略加-s。
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进入修道院
She decided to enter a convent at the age of twenty.
她二十岁时决定进入修道院。
加入修道院
Many women joined convents during the Middle Ages.
在中世纪，许多女性加入了修道院。
修道院学校
She was educated at a convent school in France.
她在法国的一所修道院学校接受教育。
修道院生活
Convent life requires strict discipline and devotion.
修道院生活要求严格的纪律和奉献。
离开修道院
After ten years, she left the convent to start a new life.
十年后，她离开了修道院开始新生活。
我甚至听到她在修道院里唱歌！
The nuns were talking about Maria, and one said she had heard her singing in the convent.
修女们正在谈论玛丽亚，其中一位说她听到玛丽亚在修道院里唱歌。
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记忆联想：发音似'康文特'，即健康文明的修女特居。
语域：neutral 常见场景：religion、history 该词通常用于宗教或历史语境，属于中性语域。
These words share the spelling ending '-vent', but note that in 'convent' the second syllable is unstressed and pronounced with a schwa (ə), while in these related words the '-vent' is either stressed or has a clear /ɛ/ vowel. Therefore they do not actually rhyme with 'convent'.
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