seminary
英['semɪn(ə)rɪ]
美['sɛmə'nɛri]
- n. 神学院；学校；发源地；高级中学
词态变化
复数: seminaries;
助记提示
1. semin- + -ary.
2. => "plant nursery," figuratively, "breeding ground".
3. => plot where plants are raised from seeds.
4. => school for training priests.
5. => commonly used for any school (especially academies for young ladies).
中文词源
seminary 神学院
来自拉丁语 seminarium,育种室，来自 semen,种子，-arium,表地方。后引申词义神学院，即 培养牧师的摇篮。
英文词源
- seminary (n.)
- mid-15c., "plot where plants are raised from seeds," from Latin seminarium "plant nursery, seed plot," figuratively, "breeding ground," from seminarius "of seed," from semen (genitive seminis) "seed" (see semen). Meaning "school for training priests" first recorded 1580s; commonly used for any school (especially academies for young ladies) from 1580s to 1930s.
双语例句
- 1. I vacillated for a long time between medicine and seminary.
- 在学医和进神学院之间我犹豫了很久.
来自辞典例句
- 2. Where will you go when the seminary closes?
- 神学院放假后,你打算上哪去 呢 ?
来自辞典例句
- 3. Many assumed all the privileges of men long before they quitted that seminary.
- 许多人离开这学校之前,早已在享受成人的一切特权.
来自辞典例句
- 4. George graduated from Bethel Seminary San Diego in 2005.
- 他本人于2005年从伯特利神学院毕业.
来自互联网
- 5. When the genocide began in April, we fled to a religious seminary.
- 四月开始种族灭绝行动, 我们逃往一个宗教神学院.
来自互联网