• n. 修道院；僧侶

來自希臘語monasterion,來自monos,單個的，獨自的，詞源同monk.-terion,表地點。即一個人住的地方，后用于指修道院，隱修院。

monastery

monastery: see monk

monastery (n.)

c. 1400, from Old French monastere "monastery" (14c.) and directly from Late Latin monasterium, from Ecclesiastical Greek monasterion "a monastery," from monazein "to live alone," from monos "alone" (see mono-). With suffix -terion "place for (doing something)." Originally applied to houses of any religious order, male or female.

1. In 1857 Mendel started experimenting with peas in his monastery garden.

1857年，孟德爾開始在修道院的菜園里用豌豆做實驗。

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2. The privations of monastery life were evident in his appearance.

從他的外表來看可以明顯看出修道院生活的清貧。

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3. The monastery is in a remote mountain pass.

那個修道院在一個偏遠的山口中。

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4. The monastery has taken in 26 refugees.

修道院已經收留了26位難民。

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5. They found an icon in the monastery.

他們在修道院中發現了一個圣像.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》