Celibacy
['selɪbəsɪ] or ['sɛləbəsi]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry.
整理:帕斯夸里
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Single life, unmarried state.
埃米尔編輯
解釋/意思:
n. a single life: an unmarried state.—adjs. Celibatā′rian favouring celibacy; Cel′ibate living single.—n. one unmarried or not allowed to marry.
哈维整理
例句/造句/用法:
- Celibacy has been mine for thirty years. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- No one that I know, said De Bracy, unless it be your vow of celibacy, or a check of conscience for an intrigue with a Jewess. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- We in America have divorced them completely: both art and politics exist in a condition of unnatural celibacy. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Is it your intention ever to marry; or do you prefer celibacy? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Never mind, Harriet, I shall not be a poor old maid; and it is poverty only which makes celibacy contemptible to a generous public! 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
校對:尼古拉斯