celibacy
英 [ˈselɪbəsi]
美 [ˈselɪbəsi]
n. 独身; 禁欲
BNC.16449 / COCA.15034
柯林斯词典
- 独身生活;禁欲
Celibacyis the state of being celibate.
英英释义
noun
- abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)
- an unmarried status
双语例句
- CLERICAL_ CELIBACY_ DESC; Clerical celibacy was introduced to check the growing habit of bishops and clergymen allowing their church land to be inherited by their children.
教士独身制度的引入阻止了主教和神职人员把教会土地继承给自己的孩子这一习俗的蔓延。 - You took a vow of celibacy?
你立下了禁欲宣言？ - There were women before you, a few, but none after. I made no conscious pledge to celibacy; I'm just not interested.
在你之前有过几个女人在你之后一个也没有，我并没有要发誓要保持独身，只是不感兴趣。 - He's taken a vow of celibacy.
他已经起誓要守独身。 - I've stayed up communing with friends, rocking sick babies, avoiding celibacy.
我会很晚和朋友谈心，摇动生病婴儿的摇篮、避免独身生活。 - The concept of celibacy carries connotations of asceticism and religious fervor.
修道者的独身观念含有禁欲兴宗教热情之意。 - He rejected all suggestions of the kind, as if priestly celibacy were one of his articles of Church discipline.
他对这类建议一概加以拒绝，仿佛僧侣的独身主义是他教会规章中的一项条款。 - Has it not preached in the place of these, charity and poverty, celibacy and mortification of the flesh, monastic life and Mother Church?
它不是提倡用行善和求乞、独身和禁欲、修道和礼拜来代替这一切吗？ - Colonel, these men have taken a supreme vow of celibacy.
上校，这些人发过毒誓要一辈子单身。 - My profession condemns me to celibacy.
我的职业决定了我只能过独身生活。