a man who has never been married 未婚男子;單身漢 an eligible bachelor (= one that many people want to marry, especially because he is rich) 合意單身男子(常因富有而爲理想對象) a confirmed bachelor (= a man who does not intend to marry; often used in newspapers to refer to a gay man) 信守獨身主義的單身漢(報章上常用來指同性戀男子) He was 38, and a confirmed bachelor. 他 38 歲了,是個獨身主義者。 one of the country’s most eligible bachelors 全國最讓人中意的單身漢之一
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- confirmed
- lifelong
- eligible
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- days
- life
- apartment
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- (usually Bachelor)
a person who has a Bachelor’s degree (= a first university degree) 學士 a Bachelor of Arts/Engineering/Science 文學士;工程學士;理學士
- (Canadian English) (North American English also bachelor apartment)
a small apartment suitable for a person living alone 單身套房;單身公寓房
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French bacheler; of uncertain origin.