Word · Frequency #21980
seminary
私立学校
核心释义
a private place of education for the young
- 1.
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.
- 2.
年轻人的私立教育场所
a private place of education for the young
- 3.
私立女子寄宿学校。
A private residential school for girls.
- 4.
培训牧师、神父或拉比的神学院
a theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis
- 5.
苗床；育苗地。
A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation.
- 6.
发源地；原始来源。
The place or original stock from which anything is brought or produced.
- 7.
在国外神学院受教育的罗马天主教神父；神学院学生。
A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist.
培养拉比、牧师或神职人员的神学院。；年轻人的私立教育场所；私立女子寄宿学校。；培训牧师、神父或拉比的神学院；苗床；育苗地。
用法In use
He spent four years at a seminary before becoming a priest.
用法提示：seminary 作介词 at 的宾语，指培养神职人员的神学院。
After the fire, the local seminary was rebuilt with donations from the community.
用法提示：seminary 用作主语，指当地的这所神学院。
Some seminaries now offer online courses for students who cannot attend in person.
用法提示：seminaries 是 seminary 的复数形式，作主语表示多所神学院。
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。
a seminary for [group/purpose]
for 后接培养对象或用途。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- enter the seminary
- 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。
- attend seminary
- 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。
- seminary student
- 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。
- seminary training
- 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。
- theological seminary
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
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。
语境与语域Context & Register
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。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
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