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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The abrogation of compulsory celibacy showed the utter instability and lack of moral foundation of the sect.
废除强制性的独身显示，完全不稳定和缺乏道德基础的节。 - 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。 - Then a passionate celibacy is all that any of us can look forward to.
那么，令人朝思暮想的独身生活，就是我们大家所能乞求的了。 - Gregory VII did more than any previous Pope to enforce clerical celibacy.
为了强制僧侣独身，格雷高里七世比以前任何教皇尽力都多。