chaste

UK:  [tʃeɪst]

US:  [tʃeɪst]

比较级：chaster  最高级：chastest  

adj.

1.贞洁;纯洁的

2.贞;贞节的;贞洁,贞淑的

3.贞节的,忠于配偶的;纯洁的,童贞的;高雅的

4.(文体等)简洁的,朴素的

5.〔古语〕未婚的

6.圣洁的

7.洁身自好

1 . there must have been five hundred dinning-rooms in London decorated in exactly the same manner. It was chaste, artistic, and dull.
当时的伦敦一定有五百间餐厅的装璜同这里一模一样，淡雅、别致，却有些沉闷。

2 . Her parents teach her to be chaste and decent in her behavior.
她的父母教导她，要她行为贞洁而端庄。

3 . And as she was too chaste, too pure, to consent to such love as the grocer wanted she did not want to deceive me.
因为太贞洁，太洁白，不同意商人所需要的那种爱，所以她不想欺骗我。

4 . The legitimate wife was expected to put up with all this, but herself to remain strictly chaste and faithful.
对于正式的妻子，则要她容忍这一切，同时还要她自己严格保持贞操和对丈夫的忠诚。

5 . They are expected to be chaste until marriage and do not date until they start looking for a husband. Even gossip is considered a sin.
她们也被要求婚前保持纯洁，在寻找丈夫之前不要约会，甚至八卦也被认为是有罪的。