seminary
英 ['sem?n(?)r?]
美 ['s?m?'n?ri]
- n. 神學(xué)院；學(xué)校；發(fā)源地；高級中學(xué)
助記提示
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).
中文詞源
seminary 神學(xué)院來自拉丁語 seminarium,育種室，來自 semen,種子，-arium,表地方。后引申詞義神學(xué)院，即 培養(yǎng)牧師的搖籃。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. I vacillated for a long time between medicine and seminary.
- 在學(xué)醫(yī)和進神學(xué)院之間我猶豫了很久.
來自辭典例句
- 2. Where will you go when the seminary closes?
- 神學(xué)院放假后,你打算上哪去 呢 ?
來自辭典例句
- 3. Many assumed all the privileges of men long before they quitted that seminary.
- 許多人離開這學(xué)校之前,早已在享受成人的一切特權(quán).
來自辭典例句
- 4. George graduated from Bethel Seminary San Diego in 2005.
- 他本人于2005年從伯特利神學(xué)院畢業(yè).
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. When the genocide began in April, we fled to a religious seminary.
- 四月開始種族滅絕行動, 我們逃往一個宗教神學(xué)院.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)