1·He appoints the abbot of the powerful monastery and gives financial support to institutions throughout the area.
他负责任命强大的寺院住持，并为整个地区的机构提供财政支持。
2·WHEN he visited the monastery of Menri, in the foothills of the Himalayas, in 2008, Gene Smith took a tiny gift for the abbot.
2008年，金·史密斯寻访喜马拉雅山脚下的敏林寺时，给住持带了一件小礼物。
3·Mostly skinny children under the age of ten, the inductees are ushered in to prostrate themselves before the abbot, while he scribbles down their new monastic names.
大部分皮包骨头的小孩在十岁左右，他们跪在住持前面，住持随意写下他们的新法名。
4·Anyone without a temper and with a mature level of patience is eligible to become an abbot.
谁若没有脾气，忍耐程度到家，谁就能被选作住持。
5·What I'm telling you today is very important. When you elect an abbot in the future, you should carefully consider the character and education of each candidate.
今天我对你们所说的话是很重要的，将来选住持的时候，切记要考虑这个人的品行学识如何？
1·This was the first time that he had met with the abbot.
这是他第一次与男修道院院长见面。
2·The abbot was taken aback and could not abide her abeyance.
男修道院院长很吃惊并且不能忍受她的中止。
1·You think that I am the Abbot of Canterbury.
你在想我是坎特伯雷市的修道院长。