celibate是什么意思_音标_用法_例句

简单释义：

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

变形：

复数：celibates  

完整释义：

adj.

1.独身的;禁欲的

n.

1.独身者;禁欲者

例句：

1. 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。

2. There are probably a couple of million celibate people in Britain, but there were no dating sites for people who wanted love but not sex.
   英联邦很可能有数百万无性人群，但是却没有针对这些渴望爱情，但不想要性的人士的交友网站。

3. And one of the reasons is that among the creed of Shaker-dom is that one should be celibate.
   其中的一个原因是，他们的信条当中，有一条求要独身。

4. 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）。

5. 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。

6. 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。

7. The Pope bluntly told the world's priests yesterday to stay celibate.
   教皇昨天直言全世界的神父都应该禁欲。

8. 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。