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.
中文解释
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).
实用例句
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.
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2. Where will you go when the seminary closes?
神学院放假后,你打算上哪去 呢 ?
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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.
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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.
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5. When the genocide began in April, we fled to a religious seminary.