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
- There were even organizations such as the Junior Anti-Sex League, which advocated complete celibacy for both sexes.
他们甚至成立些组织,像反性青年团之类,专门倡导男人跟女人完全禁欲。 - My profession condemns me to celibacy.
我的职业决定了我只能过独身生活。 - 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。 - 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。 - Believe me, I am conscious of the irony of going to Italy in pursuit of pleasure during a period of self-imposed celibacy.
相信我,我知道在自愿独身期间来意大利追求快乐,所蕴涵的讽刺意味。 - We still take vows of poverty and celibacy and obedience.
我们仍然发誓要安贫、守身、顺从。 - 1 did the teaching of Paul on celibacy a command or an opinion?
保罗有关独身的教导是命令还是他自己的意见? - 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。 - He's taken a vow of celibacy.
他已经起誓要守独身。 - 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?