1·Nuns take a vow of chastity.
修女矢发贞洁愿。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·Now some abstinence might be voluntary, Catholic priests and nuns, or others who affirmatively opt for celibacy.
一些性节制可能是自愿的，比如说神父和修女，另一些则是肯定地选择独身生活。
3·Duchez recalls that when she went to school at age 6, in 1920, the nuns told of how they became nurses and put sulfur in their shoes to protect themselves from catching diseases.
她回忆道，1920年她6岁的时候，刚刚上小学，修女就跟她讲自己是如何当护士，并在她们自己鞋子里放满了硫磺以保护她们。
4·The girl was in Form Five at the Convent, long stripped of nuns after the British left.
这个女孩在女修道院上五年级，那里自从英国殖民者离开后就一直缺少修女。
5·The two nuns in their dazzling white habits — the beautiful-boned young nun and the warm-faced old — would glide to the open cane-and-thatch schoolroom in darkness, and start the children singing.
两位修女，身穿耀眼的白色道服——年轻的修女身材姣好，年长的那位慈眉善目——会在夜色中悄然来到开着门的用藤条茅草搭建的教室里，让孩子们唱歌。