prioress

prioress什么意思,prioress翻译

基本解释

adj.: 先前的；较早的；在前的；优先的
n.: （小隐修院）院长；副院长
网络: 小女修道院院长；女修道副院长；女修道院副院长

权威解释

• 先前的；较早的；在前的:

  happening or existing before sth else or before a particular time

• 优先的；占先的；较重要的:

  already existing and therefore more important

• 在…前面的:

  before sth

• （小隐修院）院长:

  a person who is in charge of a group of monks or nuns living in a priory

• （隐修院）会长，副院长:

  (in an abbey ) a person next in rank below an abbot or abbess

英汉解释

• 小修女院院长;大修女院的副院长

词性分析

• 复数：prioresses

例句

• The prioress, that pronounced prognosticator, immediately took a fancy to Cosette and gave her a place in the school as a charity pupil.

  院长作了那样的预测以后，立即对珂赛特起了好感，让她在寄读学校里占了一个免费生名额。

• The sub-prioress was an old Spanish nun, Mother Cineres, who was almost blind.

  副院长是个眼睛几乎瞎了的西班牙籍老修女，西内莱斯嬷嬷。

• The most powerful determining cause of his admission had been the prioress"s observation upon Cosette: "She will grow up ugly. "

  让他们入院的最大决定因素，还是院长对珂赛特所作的那句评语：“她会长得丑。”

• Once a week the chapter assembles: the prioress presides ; the vocal mothers assist.

  她们每星期集合一次，院长主持，参议嬷嬷们出席。

• The prioress could do nothing; the archbishop had spoken.

  院长无可奈何，大主教的话已经说出了口。

• In 1847, the prioress was young, a sign that the circle of choice was restricted.

  一八四七年，院长是个年轻人，这说明选择的范围缩小了。

• The two mothers consulted for a few moments in very low tones in the corner of the parlor, then the prioress turned round and said

  那两个嬷嬷在接待室的角落里极轻声地商量了几分钟，接着院长又走回来，说

• When he had finished speaking, the prioress stayed the slipping of her rosary between her fingers, and said to him

  他谈完的时候，院长手指中间的念珠也停止转动了，她对他说