celibate
英 [ˈselɪbət] 美 [ˈsɛləbɪt]

n.

独身者；

adj.

独身者的；

变形

复数：celibates

英英释义

celibate[ 'selibət ]

• n.an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity
• adj.abstaining from sexual intercourse

  "celibate priests"

  同义词：continent

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. Maybe I should just be celibate.
   可能我应该保持单身算了。
2. I'm celibate and I live a very serene lifestyle.
   我是一个独身主义者，过着一种非常平静的生活。
3. I've been celibate for the past six months.
   我已禁欲六个月。

用作名词(n.)

1. I will become a celibate, and join a monastery.
   我要成为独身者，去加入一个修道院。
2. The instinct of the celibate warned him to hold back.
   单身汉的本能告诫他回头是岸。

权威例句

Who remains celibate?
Can women be celibate?:sexuality and abstinence in Theravada Buddhism.
GREGORY OF NYSSA'S IRONIC PRAISE OF THE CELIBATE LIFE
The Celibate Wrestler: Sexual Chaos, Embodied Balance and Competitive Politics in North India
Carcinoma of the Cervix in Nulliparous and Celibate Women *
The Decision to Remain in an Involuntarily Celibate Relationship
The Celibate Bridegroom and His Virginal Brides: Metaphor and the Marriage of Jesus in Early Christian Ascetic Exegesis
Challenging the myth of the happy celibate: Muslim women negotiating contemporary relationships
Nakedness, Nonviolence, and Brahmacharya: Gandhi's Experiments in Celibate Sexuality
Richards, M. Artificial insemination and eugenics: celibate motherhood, eutelegenesis and germinal choice. Stud. Hist. Philos. Biol...