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practice celibacy
He practices celibacy for religious reasons.
他因宗教原因实行独身。
独身；独身状态
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独身；独身状态
an unmarried status
He practices celibacy for religious reasons.
他因宗教原因实行独身。
避免结婚；未婚状态。
Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried.
戒除性关系；禁欲。
Abstinence from sexual relations.
After his divorce, he chose celibacy for several years.
离婚后，他选择了独身生活好几年。
Celibacy is required of priests in some churches.
在一些教会中，独身是神职人员的要求。
She decided to practice celibacy until she finished her studies.
她决定在完成学业之前保持独身。
He practices celibacy for religious reasons.
他因宗教原因实行独身。
Many priests take a vow of celibacy.
许多牧师立下独身誓言。
He observed strict celibacy.
他遵守严格的独身生活。
Not this
He took a celibacy vow.
Use this
He took a celibate vow.
Celibacy 是名词，而这里需要形容词修饰 vow；celibate 才是形容词形式。
Not this
She practiced celibacy by not having sex.
Use this
She practiced chastity by not having sex.
Celibacy 特指独身（不结婚），而 chastity 指禁欲（不进行性行为）。此处描述的是性行为禁欲，应使用 chastity。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
独身誓言；禁欲誓言
The monk made a vow of celibacy for life.
这位僧侣立下了终身独身的誓言。
实行独身；过独身生活
She chose to practice celibacy after her divorce.
离婚后她选择了独身生活。
神职人员独身制度；教士独身制
Clerical celibacy has been a controversial rule in the Catholic Church.
教士独身制一直是天主教会中一项有争议的规定。
选择独身
Some people choose celibacy for religious reasons.
有些人出于宗教原因选择独身。
独身生活
He dedicated himself to a life of celibacy.
他献身于独身生活。
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联想：celibacy 形似 cell（单人小室）+ i + bacy，把自己关进小室，过不结婚、禁欲的独身生活。
语域：formal 常见场景：religious vows、formal discussion of marriage and sexuality celibacy 比较正式，多用于宗教誓言、学术或严肃讨论中；日常口语里更常说 not having sex 或 staying unmarried。
All six share the spelling chunk -acy and the unstressed final syllable /əsi/. None rhymes exactly with celibacy /ˈsɛlɪbəsi/: the stressed vowel or the consonants after it differ (e.g., privacy /ˈpraɪvəsi/, legacy /ˈlɛɡəsi/).
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