celibate

celibate什么意思,celibate翻译

基本解释

adj.: 独身的；禁欲的
n.: 独身者；禁欲者
网络: 独身生活的人a独身的；独身主义者

权威解释

• （尤指因宗教原因）独身的，不结婚的，没有性生活的:

  not married and not having sex, especially for religious reasons

• 无性生活的；禁欲的:

  not having sex

• 独身主义者；禁欲者；从不过性生活的人:

  a person who has chosen not to marry; a person who never has sex

英汉解释

• 独身者;禁欲者

• 独身的;禁欲的

词性分析

• 复数：celibates

例句

• This devotion is the reason that the traditions of southern India represent him as celibate (see the anecdote Devotion to his mother).

  这种热爱的原因就是南印度的传统把甘尼萨描绘成一位独身者（看看他献身于他母亲的秩事）。

• This was a time when permanent fellows of a Cambridge college had to be unmarried, celibate and take holy orders.

  在这个时代，剑桥大学的终身教授必须保持未婚，独身禁欲并且担任圣职。

• "If I weren"t so fat, I"d have made you a good wife, " she teasingly told Patriarch Bartholomew who, as an Orthodox bishop, is celibate.

  “我要不是这么胖的话，就要做你的好妻子。”海森夫人故意揶揄巴塞罗缪主教——这位东正教主教还是单身。

• He portrayed himself as a celibate, a pose calculated to epitomize his moral fiber, but he had at least two wives or perhaps concubines.

  他把自己描绘为一位独身主义者，故意摆出某种姿态来象徵他的坚定品格，但是他至少有两位妻子或小妾。

• After meeting the boys in person, I began to wonder if perhaps I should adjust my rule somewhat about remaining celibate this year.

  亲眼见到两名大男孩后，我开始盘算是否应该调整一下今年过独身生活的规定。

• In the beginning of early Christianity, see, you did not have the celibate ministr.

  在早期基督教之初，是没有独身神职的。

• If their wife dies after they become a priest, they"re expected to stay celibate and single for the rest of their lives also.

  成为牧师后，如果妻子死了，他们也要在后半生，保持独身。

• If you are celibate, you are making the effort not to do something that you really want to do. I don"t want to do it in the first place!

  如果你是独身主义者，你只是努力避免去做一件你很想做的事，而我打从一开始就压根不想要这么做！

• Oppressor lets Huo Jia sit beside oneself, say gently to his ear: "Is you married still celibate? "

  暴君让霍加坐在自己身边，对着他的耳朵轻轻地说：“你结了婚还是独身？”

• He would discourage in both the householders and the celibate youths any lukewarmness in their spiritual struggles.

  他不鼓励居士和年轻独身者对灵性奋斗出现冷淡的行为。