priory

英 [ˈpraɪəri]

美 [ˈpraɪəri]

n.  小修道院; 小隐修院

复数：priories　

Collins.1 / BNC.10567 / COCA.29789

牛津词典

noun

• 小修道院；小隐修院
  a building where a community of monks or nuns lives, which is smaller and less important than an abbey

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 小修道院
  Aprioryis a place where a small group of monks live and work together.
  1. ...Lindisfarne Priory on Holy Island.
     霍利岛上的林迪斯芳修道院

英英释义

noun

• religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress

双语例句

• What if Sauniere had started to groom you for the priory?
  也许索尼埃一直在培养你加入隐修会呢？
• What if the Priory was compromised, the other senechaux dead?
  如果隐修会被破坏，其他长老都死了会怎样？
• The priory's members span our very globe itself.
  隐修会的成员在全球各地分布很广。
• Saint-martin-des-champs had been conceived first as a priory and only later as a revolutionary museum and compendium of arcane knowledge.
  圣马丁教堂原是一座小修道院，后来则被目为一座革命性的博物馆和神秘知识的摘要。
• Say Sauniere was hoping one day you would join him in the priory.
  索尼埃希望某天你能加入他的隐修会。
• In the grounds of the Priory is a working watermill.
  小修道院的庭园里有一台尚能用的水磨。
• Dr Neil Brener, a consultant psychiatrist for the Priory who practises in the city, said long hours, demanding targets and a reliance on work for feelings of self-esteem created stress that led to alcohol abuse.
  在金融城行医的thepriory精神病学顾问尼尔布雷纳（neilbrener）医生表示，工作时间长、目标苛刻、依赖工作获取自豪感，这些因素都会产生压力，导致酗酒。
• Based on the developing situation and the comparison with neighboring region, Hejin City should carry out the strategy of promoting tourism awareness, that of environment development priory, that of industries interaction, that of integrating river and waterfront and that of regions competition and cooperation.
  针对旅游发展现状和相邻区域的比较，河津市应实施旅游意识提升战略、环境优先战略、产业联动战略、河滩一体化战略和区域竞合战略。
• A priory is similar to but smaller and less important than an abbey.
  隐修院和修道院有点相似，但比修道院小，不如它重要。
• You're the obsessive Priory scholar.
  你是一个狂热的隐修会学者。