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chastity

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++chas·ti·ty /ˈtʃæstəti/ noun [uncountable]  SEX/HAVE SEX WITHthe principle or state of not having sex with anyone, or not with anyone except your husband or wife 贞洁,贞节,贞操 celibacy
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chastityAlso patron of academics, chastity, pencil makers and schools.But as Lucy Re-Bartlett asserted, chastity was part of women's revolt against false social conditions.For its part, Pan Am must have viewed the girdle as a kind of modern-day chastity belt.Besides, there is nothing inconsistent with free will or even chastity in this view of life.Being what they are they have not chastity.Then, Isabel live chaste, and brother, die: More than our brother is our chastity.A woman's chastity is considered as her highest virtue and all Hindu traditional literature extols the greatness of a chaste woman.
chas·ti·ty nounChineseSyllable
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chastity
chastity /ˈtʃæstəti, ˈtʃæstɪti/ noun [uncountable]
the principle or state of not having sex with anyone, or not with anyone except your husband or wife ⇨ celibacy


chas·tityBrE /ˈtʃæstəti/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtʃæstəti/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the state of not having sex with anyone or only having sex with the person you are married to; being chaste (性方面的)忠贞;贞洁;贞操vows of chastity (= those taken by some priests) (神父的)忠贞誓言