释义
[ sing -guh l-nis ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈsɪŋ gəl nɪs / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun the state or quality of being single.
Origin of singleness First recorded in 1520–30; single + -ness
Words nearby singleness single man, single market, single-minded, single mother, single-name paper, singleness , single occupancy, single out, single parent, single-payer, single-phase
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Example sentences from the Web for singleness He applied himself with singleness of purpose to the study of the Word of God.
Birth of a Reformation | Andrew Byers
In 1849 he resigned his pastorate, and henceforth, with singleness of purpose, devoted himself to his one calling.
Deaconesses in Europe | Jane M. Bancroft
His integrity and singleness of mind, to which Clarendon gives high testimony, had made him bitter enemies.
Sir Christopher Wren | Lucy Phillimore
The unity of the social organism is best effected by the singleness of its head.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) | Henry Osborn Taylor
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Words related to singleness emptiness, wasteland, wilderness, privacy, isolation, loneliness, solitude, retirement, detachment, confinement, withdrawal, solitariness, quarantine, separateness, waste, seclusion, desert, silence, lonesomeness, individuality