“貞節(jié)”的英語可以翻譯為： chastity or virginity, i.e. remaining chaste and faithful to one's husband or betrothed, even after his death, as demanded by the Confucian moral code，chasteness，chastity
有些宗教修會的男女保持貞節(jié).People in some religious orders remain chaste.她對男女關系與其說是注重貞節(jié),毋寧說是持身謹慎.She was sexually not so much chaste as prudish.迷迭香是貞節(jié)的象征.Rosemary is emblematic of constancy....