单词celibacy
n.: 禁欲；独身(生活)
网络: 独身生活；独身主义；无欲
禁欲,贞洁
独身(生活)
he rejected all suggestions of the kind, as if priestly celibacy were one of his articles of church-discipline.
他对这类建议一概加以拒绝，仿佛僧侣的独身主义是他教会规章中的一项条款。
Many of his acts were deeply selfish: he did not consult his wife before imposing his vow of celibacy on her.
他的许多行为都是非常自私的：他在宣誓开始独自生活之前并未征求妻子的意见。
you know i bet none of those cultures you study practice such rigorous celibacy.
知道吗，你研究的任何一种文化都没有像这样严格独守空寡的。
They contain a strong call to a life of personal piety and asceticism, including vegetarianism, teetotalism, and celibacy.
他们强烈要求包含一个teetotalism生活个人的虔诚和禁欲主义，包括素食，独身和。
Particular attention has focused on celibacy, though many experts dismiss the idea that this could be a direct cause of abuse.
人们将焦点聚集在教会独身的规定上，但是许多专家对这是性侵案产生的直接原因不认同。
"We found 4% [of priests] involved in child abuse - that means for 96% celibacy did not present a challenge in terms of child abuse. "
“我们发现只有百分之四的主教性侵过儿童，这也就是说对百分之九十六的主教来说，禁欲并不是一个挑战。”
One of the reasons I wrote the book was to try to bring celibacy back as an option.
我写作此书的原因之一是要把无性生活当做诸多选择之一来宣传。
Self-enforced celibacy, by contrast, is all but unknown among other animal species.
相反，自我压抑的独身行为在任何其他物种当中都是前所未见的。
If you ask someone out on a date and get a rejection, does that mean you"re sentenced to celibacy ?
如果你在哪天邀请某人约会被拒了，是否意味着你就该独身？
The powers-that-be believed that the only appropriate form of birth control was celibacy.
所以，当权者们认为，唯一能够有效控制生育的办法就是禁欲。