seminary
英 ['semɪn(ə)rɪ]
美 ['sɛmə'nɛri]
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 神學院來自拉丁語 seminarium,育種室，來自 semen,種子，-arium,表地方。後引申詞義神學院，即 培養牧師的搖籃。
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.
- 在學醫和進神學院之間我猶豫了很久.
來自辭典例句
- 2. Where will you go when the seminary closes?
- 神學院放假後,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.
- 許多人離開這學校之前,早已在享受成人的一切特權.
來自辭典例句
- 4. George graduated from Bethel Seminary San Diego in 2005.
- 他本人於2005年從伯特利神學院畢業.
來自互聯網
- 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院.
來自互聯網