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- abstaining from marriage and sexual relations, typically for religious reasons（尤指因宗教原因）不结婚的, 独身的：
a celibate priest.
一位独身的牧师。
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- having or involving no sexual relations拒绝性关系的, 禁欲的：
I'd rather stay single and celibate.
我宁愿过独身禁欲的生活。
- a person who abstains from marriage and sexual relations独身者; 拒绝性关系者, 禁欲者。
派生词
celibacy
noun词源
early 19th cent.: from celibacy, on the pattern of pairs such as magistracy， magistrate.