celibate
celibate 英 [ˈselɪbət] 美 [ˈsɛləbɪt]
n. 独身者 adj. 独身的；禁欲的
名词复数:celibates
- A person who refrains from being sexually active is celibate. "They dated for three years in high school but committed to staying celibate until marriage — something they were grateful for after breaking up and marrying others when they got older.
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- n. 独身者
- adj. 独身的；禁欲的
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1. I’m quite celibate now; I don’t really get time to meet anyone.
我现在是个独身者；我其实真的没有什么时间约会。
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2. 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。
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3. So for celibate rotifers that want to stay clean, a good long dry spell is just what the doctor ordered.
因此，对于那些想要健康存活而又坚守"禁欲主义"的蛭形轮虫而言，保持长时间干燥就是"谨遵医嘱"。
- celibate (adj.) "unmarried, sworn to remain single," 1825, probably from celibate (n.) or from celibacy on the model of privacy/private, etc.
- celibate (n.) 1610s, "state of celibacy" (especially as mandated to clergy in the Catholic church) from French célibat (16c.), from Latin caelibatus "state of being unmarried" (see celibacy). This was the only sense until early 19c.; the meaning "one who is sworn to celibacy" is from 1838. Other nouns in this sense were celibatarian, celibatist, celibian.
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