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
- Yet virginity and chastity ─ especially for women, but also men ─ remain prized virtues.
但无论男女,尤其是对于女性来说,保持处子之身和贞操依然被视作一种至高的美德。 - This memorial archway reflects the virtue of chastity.
这座牌坊是体现“节”字的。 - 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。 - I am buying Lindsey a chastity belt.
我要给lindsey买条贞操带。 - 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。 - The chastity is a property which produces from the rich love.
贞操是从丰富的爱情中产生出来的资产。 - Was once lost always lost really true of chastity of a woman?
女人的贞节,真是一次失去了,就永远失去了吗? - 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? - Chastity of girls before marriage was not at all strictly observed, nor was it demanded;
在结婚以前,少女的贞操完全不严格遵守,也不要求遵守; - 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。