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celibate adj.独身的；禁欲的n.独身者；无性生活的人 (1) 可能我应该保持单身算了。(2) 我是一个独身主义者，过着一种非常平静的生活。(3) 我已禁欲六个月。(4) 我要成为独身者，去加入一个修道院。(5) 单身汉的本能告诫他回头是岸。 While celibate comes from a 17th-century Latin term for "unmarried," today it's used for all people who don't engage in sexual activity. Priests and nuns vow to remain celibate as part of their religious commitments, and many youth groups and religious organizations promote staying celibate until marriage. As a noun, a celibate refers to one who practices celibacy — like the priests and nuns we mentioned.

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英 ['selɪbət] 美 ['selɪbət] (1) Maybe I should just be celibate.(2) I'm celibate and I live a very serene lifestyle.(3) I've been celibate for the past six months.(4) I will become a celibate, and join a monastery.(5) The instinct of the celibate warned him to hold back. A person who refrains from being sexually active is celibate. "They dated for three years in high school but committed to staying celibate until marriage — something they were grateful for after breaking up and marrying others when they got older. 1[ADJ 形容词](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. 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。A celibate is someone who is celibate.独身主义者；禁欲者2[ADJ 形容词](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.   [usu v-link ADJ]I was celibate for two years.我有两年没有性生活。

英语单词	celibate
英美音标	英 ['selɪbət] 美 ['selɪbət]
中文释义	adj.独身的；禁欲的 n.独身者；无性生活的人
英语例句	(1) Maybe I should just be celibate. (2) I'm celibate and I live a very serene lifestyle. (3) I've been celibate for the past six months. (4) I will become a celibate, and join a monastery. (5) The instinct of the celibate warned him to hold back.
中文例句	(1) 可能我应该保持单身算了。 (2) 我是一个独身主义者，过着一种非常平静的生活。 (3) 我已禁欲六个月。 (4) 我要成为独身者，去加入一个修道院。 (5) 单身汉的本能告诫他回头是岸。
vocabulary简明	A person who refrains from being sexually active is celibate. "They dated for three years in high school but committed to staying celibate until marriage — something they were grateful for after breaking up and marrying others when they got older.
vocabulary扩展	While celibate comes from a 17th-century Latin term for "unmarried," today it's used for all people who don't engage in sexual activity. Priests and nuns vow to remain celibate as part of their religious commitments, and many youth groups and religious organizations promote staying celibate until marriage. As a noun, a celibate refers to one who practices celibacy — like the priests and nuns we mentioned.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词](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. 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。 A celibate is someone who is celibate.独身主义者；禁欲者 2 [ADJ 形容词](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. [usu v-link ADJ] I was celibate for two years. 我有两年没有性生活。

Celibate I Priests Religious Staying Nuns Adj 形容词