celibate

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So for celibate rotifers that want to stay clean, a good long dry spell is just what the doctor ordered.
因此，對(duì)于那些想要健康存活而又堅(jiān)守"禁欲主義"的蛭形輪蟲(chóng)而言，保持長(zhǎng)時(shí)間干燥就是"謹(jǐn)遵醫(yī)囑"。
The Catholic Church is perpetually short of priests, not least because it limits its recruitment to well-educated celibate males.
天主教會(huì)始終都缺乏神父，尤其是因?yàn)樗拗屏苏惺帐苓^(guò)良好教育的獨(dú)身男性。
The church he loved was celibate, hostile to women priests and set against gays; if Catholics were only faithful to the teachings of the Magisterium, he wrote, all would be well.
他熱愛(ài)的教派主張禁欲主義，反對(duì)婦女作牧師并反對(duì)同性戀；他寫道，如果天主教徒只忠心于教權(quán)的教導(dǎo)，那么一切就都好了。

It's not uninteresting, I think, to note that there appears to be absolutely no evidence whatsoever available to John Milton that Homer was either vegetarian or a lifelong celibate.
我認(rèn)為這很有趣，似乎沒(méi)有什么證據(jù)證明,彌爾頓可以獲知,荷馬要么是素食主義者或者是獨(dú)身。
耶魯公開(kāi)課 - 彌爾頓課程節(jié)選
You have to remain celibate and, as we will see in the coming week, this is important to Milton. You have to remain sober, and you must eat vegetarian .
你必須獨(dú)自生活，我們會(huì)在下周看到，這對(duì)彌爾頓很重要，你必須保持冷靜，你還必須吃素。
耶魯公開(kāi)課 - 彌爾頓課程節(jié)選

But finding real-life priests who are willing to be celibate, let alone trendy, is another matter.
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The church's insistence on a celibate priesthood is another practice that appears increasingly out of step today.
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not having sexual activity, especially because you have made a religious promise not to
a person who does not have sex

Someone who is celibate does not marry or have sex, because of their religious beliefs.
A celibate is someone who is celibate.
Someone who is celibate does not have sex during a particular period of their life.