celibacy

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried. countable,uncountable
    — They came to believe that men, who would live a godly life, must view marriage as a sin and choose a life of celibacy.
  2. Abstinence from sexual relations. broadly,countable,uncountable

词形变化

celibacies plural cælibacy alternative

词汇关系

近义词
sexlessness
上位词
chastity
衍生词
anticelibacy celibacist celibacy syndrome incelibacy
相关词
celibate abstinence asexuality chaste chastity purity bachelordom

词源

From Latin caelibātus (“celibacy, a single life”), from caelebs (“unmarried”).
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