英语释义

• abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)

• an unmarried status

片语

bachelorhood独身生活；独身

Celibacy female终身不嫁

singleton(Singleton) （美）辛格尔顿（人名）

celibacy vow ring贞洁戒指

bachelorhood celibacy独身生活

Stubborn Celibacy顽固独身主义

Celibacy rocks传统金属

celibacy y独身

celibacy n独身

Sacerdotal Celibacy僧侣独身制

英汉例句

• but the problem is particularly fraught for the catholic church, as catholics in many countries are increasingly questioning the celibacy requirement for priests.

  而许多国家的天主教堂也在逐渐质问牧师独身的必要性。

• the pope declared that celibacy was not to be sacrificed for 「passing cultural fashions」.

  教皇声称，「短暂的文化风尚」不应以牺牲独身主义为代价。

• one of the reasons i wrote the book was to try to bring celibacy back as an option.

  我写作此书的原因之一是要把无性生活当做诸多选择之一来宣传。

• it makes a similar exception to its rule of priestly celibacy for the eastern catholic churches (which recognise the pope but use their own rites).

  这与其在牧师独身主义上对东仪天主教会（该组织承认罗马教皇，但使用自己的仪式）网开一面的做法相类似。

• celibacy 「challenge」

  独身「挑战」

• with the pope signalling a readiness to give married prelates the authority, if not the status, of bishops, it may be asked how long he can hold the line on priestly celibacy in the western church.

  随着教皇发出準备授予已婚教士权力的信息，尽管不是主教这样的地位，但仍不免有人担心他会在西教廷坚守牧师独身主义这条线多久。

• some add celibacy to the charge list.

  有人又把独身加作一条应受指责的理由。

• why did the catholic church’s insistence on priestly celibacy in the late 11th century give europeans an early advantage over other societies in establishing the rule of law?

  11世纪晚期天主教会所坚持的僧侣独身制度，为什么能够使欧洲在建立法治方面比其他文明社会更具领先优势？

• celibacy does not suit a university. it must mate itself with action.

  大学不适合独身生活，必须要与身边的人互动。

• many of his acts were deeply selfish: he did not consult his wife before imposing his vow of celibacy on her.

  他的许多行为都是非常自私的：他在宣誓开始独自生活之前并未征求妻子的意见。

• a vow of celibacy and the relinquishment of all personal assets hardly seemed a sacrifice.

  宣誓要独身和放弃个人的全部财产几乎算不上什么牺牲。

• celibacy is widely ignored in africa and latin america.

  独身主义在非洲和拉美被广泛忽视。

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