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So for celibate rotifers that want to stay clean, a good long dry spell is just what the doctor ordered.
因此，对于那些想要健康存活而又坚守"禁欲主义"的蛭形轮虫而言，保持长时间干燥就是"谨遵医嘱"。
The Catholic Church is perpetually short of priests, not least because it limits its recruitment to well-educated celibate males.
天主教会始终都缺乏神父，尤其是因为它限制了招收受过良好教育的独身男性。
The church he loved was celibate, hostile to women priests and set against gays; if Catholics were only faithful to the teachings of the Magisterium, he wrote, all would be well.
他热爱的教派主张禁欲主义，反对妇女作牧师并反对同性恋；他写道，如果天主教徒只忠心于教权的教导，那么一切就都好了。

It's not uninteresting, I think, to note that there appears to be absolutely no evidence whatsoever available to John Milton that Homer was either vegetarian or a lifelong celibate.
我认为这很有趣，似乎没有什么证据证明,弥尔顿可以获知,荷马要么是素食主义者或者是独身。
耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选
You have to remain celibate and, as we will see in the coming week, this is important to Milton. You have to remain sober, and you must eat vegetarian .
你必须独自生活，我们会在下周看到，这对弥尔顿很重要，你必须保持冷静，你还必须吃素。
耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

But finding real-life priests who are willing to be celibate, let alone trendy, is another matter.
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not having sexual activity, especially because you have made a religious promise not to
a person who does not have sex

Someone who is celibate does not marry or have sex, because of their religious beliefs.
A celibate is someone who is celibate.
Someone who is celibate does not have sex during a particular period of their life.