Word · Frequency #5045
prior
修道院副院长；小修道院院长
A senior member of a religious order; in an abbey, the officer ranking just below the abbot.
- 1.
A prior probability distribution, that is, one determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.
- 2.
A high-ranking member of a religious house or religious order.
- 3.
the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot
宗教团体的首领；在修道院中,副住持位于住持之下。
先验概率分布；先验；宗教团体的首领；在修道院中,副住持位于住持之下。；小隐修院院长；大隐修院副院长
In use
The prior of the monastery welcomed the pilgrims with a warm smile.
Two priors attended the regional council meeting to discuss monastic rules.
The prior's decision to renovate the chapel was supported by the entire community.
the prior of [place]
The prior of the monastery led the daily prayers.
修道院的副院长带领每日祈祷。
[subject] served as prior
He served as prior for over twenty years.
他担任了二十多年的院长。
[name] became prior
Connections
Collocations
- prior of the monastery
- 修道院院长
- The prior of the monastery led the morning prayers.修道院院长主持了晨祷。
- appointed prior
- 被任命为院长
- He was appointed prior of the priory last year.他去年被任命为该隐修院的院长。
- the prior's duties
- 院长的职责
- The prior's duties include managing the monastery's finances.院长的职责包括管理修道院的财务。
- served as prior
- 担任院长
- He served as prior for over a decade.他担任了十多年院长。
- the prior and the monks
- 院长和修士们
- The prior and the monks worked together in the garden.院长和修士们一起在花园里劳作。
- the prior's blessing
Learner notes
Memory Tip
prior发音像‘普赖尔’，联想‘院长普赖尔（priority）在众人之前’，记住‘prior’是‘院长’。
Context & Register
正式, 宗教机构或历史语境
Grammar Note
可数名词，指修道院副院长或院长。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words end with the letters '-ior' but have different stressed vowel sounds; none rhyme with 'prior' (pronounced /praɪɝ/).
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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