1. If guitars were women, I'd make Charlie Sheen look like a celibate monk. 如果吉他是女人的,陈冠希跟我比简真像是个禁欲的和尚。
2. He portrayed himself as a celibate, a pose calculated to epitomize his moral fiber, but he had at least two wives or perhaps concubines. 他把自己描绘为一位独身主义者,故意摆出某种姿态来象徵他的坚定品格,但是他至少有两位妻子或小妾。
3. Eating and drinking are just as important for keeping the species going—more so actually, since a celibate person can at least continue living but a starving person can't. 吃、喝对种族繁衍也同等重要――事实上,它们更总要,因为,至少独生主义者能维持自己的生命,而饥饿的人则无法做到。
英英解释
n.
1. an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity
2. abstaining from sexual intercourse