A convent is a house, or a group of buildings, where nuns live. Nuns are women who have given their life to God in a religious community, often Catholic. They pray, work, and keep a shared rule of life there.

A convent is a houseA convent是一棟房子, or a group of buildings或一群建築物, where nuns live修女住在那裡。Nuns are women修女是女性，who have given their life to God把自己的一生獻給神，in a religious community住在宗教團體裡，often Catholic通常是天主教的。They pray, work, and keep a shared rule of life她們祈禱、工作，並遵守共同的生活規範 there在那裡。

A convent can be one quiet house, or a larger place with a chapel, a garden, and rooms for guests.

A convent can be one quiet houseA convent可以是一間安靜的房子，or a larger place with a chapel, a garden, and rooms for guests也可以是比較大的地方，裡面有小教堂、花園和給訪客住的房間。

People sometimes say nunnery, but that word is old-fashioned and can sound like a joke. Monastery is the usual word for a place where monks — men — live; convent is the word you want for nuns.

People sometimes say nunnery有些人會說nunnery，but that word is old-fashioned and can sound like a joke但這個字比較過時，聽起來可能像在開玩笑。Monastery is the usual wordMonastery是常用的字 for a place where monks — men — live指男性修士住的地方；convent is the word you want for nuns女性修女要用的字是convent。

In much older English, convent could mean any gathering, but today it almost always means the nuns’ house.

In much older English在更早以前的英文裡，convent could mean any gatheringconvent可以指任何聚會，but today it almost always means the nuns' house但現在幾乎都指修女住的地方。