cloister: stresses the idea of seclusion from the world for either sex: kept a strict silence within the ~ walls.       （seclusion与世隔绝来自词根CLUS表示to close关闭， 因此exclude好像是把人关闭在外，反义词include，occlusion(血管)闭塞，recluse隐居者，seclude与世隔绝）


convent: may refer to a retreat for either sex or may refer to a retreat for nuns and stresses the idea of community of living: the shared labor of life within the ~.      （community有3个意思  1、社区a group of people who live in the same area生活在同一区域的人群，如the local community当地社区，如community parks/libraries/doctors/leaders社区公园/图书馆/医生/领导，如many communities are facing budget problems许多社区面临经费问题，但international community一般不说国际社区而说国际社会    2、社群、界a group of people who have the same religion, race, job, interests, etc具有相同宗教种族工作兴趣的人群，如the black/Chinese/artistic/business /medical community黑人/华人社群/艺术/商/医疗界  3、共同体关系、归属感friendship between people in the same place and a sense of something in common，如the school encourages a sense/feeling of community in its students学校鼓励学生的共同体意识/归属感，如community spirit共同体精神，如人类命运共同体a Community of Shared Future for Mankind）  retreat隐居implies a voluntary retirement to a safe, secure, or peaceful place退居到平安平静的地方，如built themselves a country retreat乡村隐居处


monastery: refers to a cloister for monks and may indicate a community that combines the cloistered life with teaching, preaching, or other work: left his job on Wall Street and entered a ~.       monk修道士僧侣     preach布道讲道说教，如practice what you preach让别人做到的，自己要先做到


nunnery: often interchangeable with convent, refers to a cloister for nuns: found life in a ~ too restrictive.


abbey: denotes a monastery or a nunnery governed by an abbot or an abbess: took the message to the abbot at the ~.    abbot/abbess男/女大修道院长


priory: indicates a community governed by a prior or prioress: summoned the inhabitants of the ~ for matins.    prior/prioress男/女小修道院长


cloister修道院: 强调与世隔绝，可指男修道院或女修道院，convent隐修院女修道院: 可以指男/女隐修地(特别是修女)，强调团体生活，monastery修道院: 指僧侣修道院，在此讲学布道等，nunnery女修道院: 可与convent互换，指修女居住的修道院，abbey大修道院: 指男/女修道院长管理的男女修道院，规模较大，priory小修道院: 同上，但规模较小


记忆方法: 1）首字母CCMNAP想成CN CAMP中国营区<==道院

         2）道院的意思是宗教群体隐居地mean a place of retirement from the world for members of a religious community.