celibacy GRE

People in some religious orders take a vow of celibacy.

有些宗教修会的人发不结婚。

I should practice brahmacharya, celibacy.

我应该训练禁欲，独身。”

Cultured, idealistic, sympathetic, he seemed to Tess a demigod ,and though she had sworn herself to celibacy, the enforced propinquity ripened into intimacy and drifted into love.

他有教养，有，富有同情心，在苔丝看来，他是象神一样的人。虽然她曾发不嫁，但是由于工作上不得不和他接近，他们逐渐亲密了起来，苔丝终于坠入情网。