celibate

adj.

1. （尤指因宗教原因）独身的，不结婚的，没有性生活的
   not married and not having sex, especially for religious reasons
   1. celibate priests
      独身的教士
2. 无性生活的；禁欲的
   not having sex
   1. I've been celibate for the past six months.
      我已禁欲六个月。

noun

1. 独身主义者；禁欲者；从不过性生活的人
   a person who has chosen not to marry; a person who never has sex

1. ADJ (因宗教信仰)禁欲的，独身的
   Someone who is celibate does not marry or have sex, because of their religious beliefs.
   1. 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。
   2. A celibate is someone who is celibate.
      独身主义者;禁欲者
2. ADJ (特定时期)禁欲的，节制性欲的
   Someone who is celibate does not have sex during a particular period of their life.
   1. I was celibate for two years.
      我有两年没有性生活。

1. 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。
2. I was celibate for two years.
   我有两年没有性生活。
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”。
4. 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。
5. For instance, perhaps I could remain totally celibate except for keeping a pair of handsome twenty-five-year-old Italian twin brothers as lovers.
   比方说，或许我该全然保持独身，除了留着一对帅气的二十五岁意大利双胞胎当情人。
6. I'd told her that I thought I wanted to remain celibate for this whole year of traveling, but worried, What if I meet someone I really like?
   我跟她说，我希望在这一整年的旅程中维持单身，却担心假使遇上自己真正喜欢的人呢？该如何是好？
7. The laity, however, everywhere preferred their priests celibate.
   然而，俗众却到处渴望他们的祭司过独身生活。
8. I will become a celibate, and join a monastery
   我要成为独身者，去加入一个修道院
9. If their wife dies after they become a priest, they're expected to stay celibate and single for the rest of their lives also.
   成为牧师后，如果妻子死了，他们也要在后半生，保持独身。
10. Controlling lust by remaining celibate when single, leading to faithfulness in marriage.
    独处时，保持禁欲，控制情欲，婚后应忠诚。
11. 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。
12. Her Orthodox Jewish upbringing and my own Catholic scruples imposed a celibate grace that made even kissing a distant prospect, however fervently desired.
    她的正统犹太教养育和我自己的天主教顾忌实行独身主义的宽限期，使甚至亲吻一个遥远的前景，但是热切期望的。
13. He portrayed himself as a celibate, a pose calculated to epitomize his moral fiber, but he had at least two wives or perhaps concubines.
    他把自己描绘为一位独身主义者，故意摆出某种姿态来象徵他的坚定品格，但是他至少有两位妻子或小妾。
14. If your spouse dies, you are permitted to get remarried, most of the time, but the higher virtue would be in remaining unmarried and remaining celibate for the rest of your life.
    要是你的配偶死了，你可以再婚，在多数情况下，但更高尚的美德是坚持不婚，余生保持独身。
15. If you want to follow God be a celibate.
    如果你想追随上帝，那么做一个独身者。
16. The Roman Catholic Church insists priests remain celibate and has ruled out letting them marry.
    罗马天主教会规定，牧师必须保持独身，不允许结婚。
17. Churches that believe their priests must be celibate in order to be like Jesus are not about to change their rules, though.
    有些教堂认为，只有神甫独身方能奉耶稣为楷模，但在此事发生后它们也并不打算很快改变规矩。
18. He has entered a forbidden area, he is a confirmed celibate.
    他已经进入了一个禁区，证实他是一个独身主义者。
19. You want me to be celibate for11 years?
    你要我忍十一年来避一避？
20. The celibate ministry comes about later.
    独身神职后来才出现。
21. But even then he could have borne living with her if it had been agreed that they should remain celibate.
    即便这样，他倒可以忍着和她一起过，只消同意禁欲就是啦。
22. I can't accept ur love, cuz I am a celibate.
    我不能接受你的爱，因我是个独身主义者。
23. The instinct of the celibate warned him to hold back.
    单身汉的本能告诫他回头是岸。
24. Measurement and related factor analysis of areolar diameter in young celibate women
    未婚青年女性乳晕直径的测定及相关因素分析
25. Results: Some features in mixed group were as following: more female, more celibate, more extroversion or intermedius type, more depressive episodes of onset, more with psychotic symptoms, more with suicidal ideation or attempts.
    结果：混合组年龄稍低，多见于女性和独身者，性格多为外向型或中间型，首次发作多为抑郁，多伴有精神病性症状及自杀意念和企图。

noun

1. an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity

adj

1. abstaining from sexual intercourse
   1. celibate priests

   Synonym:    continent