释义 |
celibate/ˈselibət/ adj. & n.●adj. 1 committed to abstention from sexual relations and from marriage, esp. for religious reasons (尤指出于宗教原因而)立誓不婚的,独身的 2 abstaining from sexual relations 禁欲的 ●n. a celibate person 独身者,禁欲者 □ celibacy n.[French célibat or Latin caelibatus ‘unmarried state’, from caelebs -ibis ‘unmarried’] |