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attend (a) seminary
不特指某所神学院时，可以说 attend seminary；特指时用 a/the seminary。
She decided to attend a seminary after college.
她决定大学毕业后去一所神学院学习。
私立学校
seminaries — plural of seminary
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
私立学校
a private place of education for the young
She decided to attend a seminary after college.
她决定大学毕业后去一所神学院学习。
培养拉比、牧师或神职人员的神学院。
A theological school for the training of rabbis, priests, or ministers.
年轻人的私立教育场所
a private place of education for the young
私立女子寄宿学校。
A private residential school for girls.
培训牧师、神父或拉比的神学院
a theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis
He spent four years at a seminary before becoming a priest.
他在一所神学院读了四年，之后成为神父。
After the fire, the local seminary was rebuilt with donations from the community.
火灾之后，当地的神学院用社区的捐款重建了。
Some seminaries now offer online courses for students who cannot attend in person.
一些神学院现在为无法亲自上课的学生提供在线课程。
不特指某所神学院时，可以说 attend seminary；特指时用 a/the seminary。
She decided to attend a seminary after college.
她决定大学毕业后去一所神学院学习。
for 后接培养对象或用途。
This is a seminary for future Catholic priests.
这是一所培养未来天主教神父的神学院。
这里用的是“发源地”的引申义，of 后接起源或产生的事物。
The ancient city was the seminary of a great artistic movement.
这座古城是一场伟大艺术运动的发源地。
Not this
I have a seminary on Friday.
Use this
I have a seminar on Friday.
seminary 指“神学院”或“发源地”，不能指“研讨会/研讨课”；拼写相近但意思不同，表示课程或讨论会应使用 seminar。
Not this
He entered into a seminary to become a priest.
Use this
He entered a seminary to become a priest.
enter 是及物动词，后面直接接地点或机构，不需要 into；enter into 一般接抽象事物，如 an agreement。把中文“进入”直译为 enter into 是中式英语，应去掉 into。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
进入神学院（准备成为神职人员）
After college, he entered the seminary to study for the priesthood.
大学毕业后，他进入神学院学习，准备成为神父。
在神学院学习
She plans to attend seminary and later work as a pastor.
她计划在神学院学习，之后做牧师。
神学院学生
The seminary students gathered in the chapel for evening prayers.
神学院学生们聚集在小教堂做晚祷。
神学院培训
His seminary training taught him how to counsel people in crisis.
他在神学院所受的培训教会了他如何为危机中的人提供辅导。
神学院
He taught church history at a theological seminary in Chicago.
他在芝加哥的一所神学院教授教会史。
天主教神学院
The Catholic seminary requires students to complete six years of study.
这所天主教神学院要求学生完成六年的学习。
Use seminaries naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 seminary 想成 seminar（研讨班）加 y：神学院里开研讨班，是培养神职人员的发源地。
语域：neutral 常见场景：theology、religious education 该词通常用于神学院、宗教教育等较为正式的语境，属于中性偏正式的书面用词；日常口语中较少出现。
这些词都以 -ary 结尾，但只有末尾读 /ˌnɛri/ 的词（ordinary、imaginary、stationary、dictionary）与 seminary 真正押韵。necessary 和 secretary 拼写相似，但分别读 /ˌsɛri/ 和 /ˌtɛri/，所以并不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.