confirmed bachelor
noun[C]
old-fashioneduk/kənˌfɜːmd ˈbætʃ.əl.ər/us/kənˌfɝːmd ˈbætʃ.əl.ɚ/a man who has nevermarriedand isthoughtunlikelyevertomarry; sometimes used in the past tosuggestthat a man wasgay:
未婚且不会结婚的男子（过去有时用来意指同性恋男子）Theconfirmedbachelor, who is 48yearsold,arguesthat hissexualorientationis no one'sbusiness.这位48岁仍单身的男子认为他的性取向与他人无关。
He was thirty-eight and aconfirmedbachelor, or so everyonethought, but ontheirsecondmeetingheproposed.他38岁仍然未婚，大家也都认为他不会结婚，但是在他们第二次见面时，他就求婚了。
- He was thesubjectofrumours- said to be what wasoncecalled "aconfirmedbachelor".
- During the 1950s thisconfirmedbachelormetandmarriedan Americandivorcee.
- At thattimemyfatherwasbeginningto beknownas aconfirmedbachelor, but hemetmymotherandfelldesperatelyinlove.
- Though he wasoccasionallyreferred to as "aconfirmedbachelor", hechosenot to "come out" to thegeneralpublic.
- HeplaysHarry, aconfirmedbachelorandladies' man whodespitehis ownadvancingyearsonlydateswomen under 30.
Marriage: marital status
- bachelor
- bachelorette
- bachelorhood
- be between jobs/marriages/boyfriends, girlfriends, etc.idiom
- between
- honeymooners
- live in
- lone
- married
- marry
- miss
- spinster
- spinsterhood
- spoken for
- trophy wife
- unattached
- widowed
- widower
- widowhood
- wifely