chastity

FREQ #14586

n. 纯洁, 贞操 [法] 贞操, 纯洁

发音

UK /ˈt͡ʃastɪti/
CA /ˈt͡ʃeɪstɪti/
US /ˈt͡ʃæstɪti/
US /ˈt͡ʃæstɪɾi/

词形变化

chastities 复数 chastities

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins.

    贞节

    贞洁

    贞操

    纯洁

    可数 不可数

    The monk took a vow of chastity.

    vow of chastity

    virtue and chastity

    In Catholic doctrine, the virtue of chastity is taken to be the principal foil to everyone's favourite deadly sin, lust.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

virtue celibacy

上位词 2

morality abstinence

下位词 4

honor honour purity pureness

相关短语

chastity belt 贞操带 chastity belts chastity cage chastity cages chastity ring chastity rings

词源

From Middle English chastite, from Old French chasteté, a semi-learned adaptation of Latin castitas, equivalent to chaste + -ity.

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