Word · Frequency #20203
chastities
贞操；纯洁
chastities is the plural of chastity.
the practice of refraining from sexual relations, often for religious or moral reasons
- 1.
The quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins.
贞洁的品质:避免任何被认为不道德的性行为的状态；避免性罪错。
- 2.
abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)
戒除性关系(如因宗教誓言)
- 3.
morality with respect to sexual relations
有关性关系的道德
贞洁的品质:避免任何被认为不道德的性行为的状态；避免性罪错。；戒除性关系(如因宗教誓言)；有关性关系的道德；纯洁；贞操；[法] 贞操
In use
In many traditions, monks and nuns take a vow of chastity as part of their religious life.
She wrote a novel exploring the difference between chastity and true love.
The museum displayed a medieval belt once believed to enforce chastity.
practice + chastity
Many religious orders require their members to practice chastity.
许多宗教团体要求其成员践行贞洁。
live in + chastity
He chose to live in chastity after his wife passed away.
妻子去世后，他选择过贞洁的生活。
take a vow of + chastity
Connections
Collocations
- vow of chastity
- 贞洁誓言；守贞誓愿
- The monk took a vow of chastity when he entered the monastery.这位僧侣进入修道院时立下了贞洁誓言。
- chastity belt
- 贞操带
- The museum displays a medieval chastity belt.博物馆展出一条中世纪的贞操带。
- practice chastity
- 践行贞洁；守贞
- In many faiths, believers are expected to practice chastity.在许多信仰中，信徒被期望践行贞洁。
- lifelong chastity
- 终身守贞
- She chose lifelong chastity for religious reasons.她出于宗教原因选择了终身守贞。
- lose one's chastity
- 失去贞操；失贞
- Before marriage, she was determined not to lose her chastity.婚前，她决心不失贞。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记：音似‘查斯特提’，想象查斯特一身白衣，守护贞洁。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：religious or moral discourse、formal writing、historical texts chastity 一词语域偏正式，通常用于宗教、道德或严肃的书面讨论（如正式文章、历史或学术文本），日常口语中较少使用。这里选择正式语域比较稳妥。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the spelling ending -ity, but none rhymes exactly with chastity (/ˈtʃæstəti/): charity and purity keep the first-syllable stress and final /əti/ but differ in the consonant before it; ability, activity, and maturity have the same final /əti/ but stress the second syllable; city is pronounced /ˈsɪti/ and loses the unstressed vowel. Do not judge the sound from the spelling.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.