chastity
英['t??st?t?]
美['t??st?ti]
- n. 貞潔；純潔；簡潔
中文詞源
chastity 貞結
來自chaste, 貞結。
英文詞源
- chastity (n.)
- c. 1200, chastete, "sexual purity" (as defined by the Church), including but not limited to virginity or celibacy, from Old French chastete "chastity, purity" (12c., Modern French chasteté), from Latin castitatem (nominative castitas) "purity, chastity" from castus (see caste).
雙語例句
- 1. He took a vow of chastity and celibacy.
- 他發下守貞禁欲的誓言。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Chastity before marriage is still demanded in some societies.
- 有些社會仍要求婚前保持貞潔.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Chastity was as deep ingrained in them as Party loyalty.
- 禁欲的思想,如同對黨的忠誠,早已在她們的心里根深蒂固.
來自英漢文學
- 4. There was a direct intimate connexion between chastity and political orthodoxy.
- 純潔身心跟政治正統,真有種直接又緊密的聯系.
來自英漢文學
- 5. Nuns are under vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.
- 修女須立誓保持清貧 、 貞潔、順從.
來自辭典例句