celibate是什么意思，celibate怎么读

celibate基本信息

celibate基本信息

读法：英 ["selɪbət] 美 ["sɛlɪbət]

释义：

n. 独身者

adj. 独身的；禁欲的

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英英释义

Noun:

an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity

Adjective:

abstaining from sexual intercourse;"celibate priests"

中英词源

celibate 独身的

来自拉丁词caelebs，未婚的。

celibate (n.): 1610s, "state of celibacy" (especially as mandated to clergy in the Catholic church) from French célibat (16c.), from Latin caelibatus (see celibacy). This was the only sense until early 19c. The adjective meaning "unmarried, sworn to remain single" is recorded from 1825. As a noun, one who is sworn to such a condition, from 1838.

词态变化

复数 celibates;
名词 celibacy;

权威造句

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. I"ve been celibate for the past six months.: 我已禁欲六个月。

4. He had defended the institution of a celibate priesthood.: 他捍卫了独身牧师制度.

5. The instinct of the celibate warned him to hold back.: 单身汉的本能告诫他回头是岸.

近反义词

single 单一的

monastic 僧侣

bachelor 单身汉

pure 纯的

continent 大陆

相似短语

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单词分析

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记忆方法

celibate：彩礼逼他。结婚需要彩礼，家里穷买不起彩礼逼得他无法结婚——独身者，不结婚的。

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