chastity
英 [ˈtʃæstəti]
美 [ˈtʃæstəti]
n. (性问题上的)忠贞; 贞洁; 贞操
BNC.20203 / COCA.16601
牛津词典
noun
- （性问题上的）忠贞；贞洁；贞操
the state of not having sex with anyone or only having sex with the person you are married to; being chaste- vows of chastity (= those taken by some priests)
（神父的）忠贞誓言
- vows of chastity (= those taken by some priests)
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 贞洁;贞操;禁欲
Chastityis the state of not having sex with anyone, or of only having sex with your husband or wife.- He took a vow of chastity and celibacy.
他发下守贞禁欲的誓言。
- He took a vow of chastity and celibacy.
英英释义
noun
- abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)
- morality with respect to sexual relations
双语例句
- Men without convictions are more dangerous in modern society than poor woman without chastity.
在现代社会里，没有坚定信仰的富人比没有贞操的穷女人更危险。 - Chastity: Rarely use venery but for health or offspring;
贞洁：仅为健康和生育的目的行房； - Chastity before marriage is still demanded in some societies.
在有些社会中仍然要求保持结婚前贞洁。 - Although vows of chastity often accompany religious involvement researchers claimed that faith was not a factor in the study.
虽然对于贞洁方面的宣誓常常会与宗教相关联，但是研究者声明信仰并非此次研究中所要关注的因素。 - And the figure of the poetic rewards for chastity continues to surface throughout Milton's early works.
同时，因为操守贞洁而受到诗意赞美的人，贯穿了弥尔顿的早期作品。 - They want to kill chastity.
他们想消灭贞洁。 - Pearls are a symbol of beauty and chastity; Alexandrite is thought to be a good omen.
珍珠象徵著美丽和纯洁；翠玉被认为是一个好兆头。 - Chastity is a wealth that comes from abundance of love.
贞操是从丰富的爱情中生出来的财富。 - An imputation against a woman's chastity is defamatory.
诋毁妇女贞操是破坏妇女名誉的行为。 - Was once lost always lost really true of chastity? she would ask herself.
她向自己发问，贞洁这个东西，一旦失去了就永远失去了吗？