Chastity
['tʃæstɪtɪ] or ['tʃæstəti]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse.
(n.) Moral purity.
(n.) The unmarried life; celibacy.
(n.) Chasteness.
约翰娜編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Purity, virtue, modesty, continence.[2]. Decency, freedom from obscenity.[3]. Unaffectedness, simplicity.
錄入:勒达
例句/造句/用法:
- But constancy, chastity, good sense, and good nature, were not rated, because they would not bear the charge of collecting. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- A woman may possess the wisdom and chastity of Minerva, and we give no heed to her, if she has a plain face. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Who else kept that first chastity of mind about their work that young doctors, young priests, and young soldiers usually started with? 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Look, ladies, at the chastity of the design--I have no doubt myself that it was turned out in the last century! 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Not one of your stiff-laced, moralising fathers, who preach chastity and forbearance to their children. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- He resolved to give up all further thoughts of earthly women, and to lead a life of absolute chastity and devotion to the Mother of God. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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