n. 两性(sex的复数)
n activities associated with sexual intercourse
n either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided
n all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses
n the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles
v stimulate sexually
v tell the sex (of young chickens)

sex的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. Everybody can come to this school,without respect to class, race, or sex.不论阶级、种族、性别,人人都可以进这所学校上课。
  2. She disguised her true sex under a man's garment.她身穿男装来掩饰自己的真实性别。
  3. Hunger and sex are elemental drives of human beings.食欲和性欲是人类的原始冲动。
  4. The movie is full of sex and violence.这部电影充满了性和暴力。
用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. It's difficult to sex newborn chicks.新生小鸡雏的性别是很难判断的。
  2. They sex up their commercial advertisements to attract customers.他们使商业广告充满性感内容以吸引顾客。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. What sex is this fish?这条鱼是雌的还是雄的?
  2. Everyone is welcome, regardless of age or sex.欢迎大家,无论男女老少一律欢迎。
  3. In the space marked “sex”, put an “M” for male or an “F” for female.在标明性别的空白处填上M表示男性,填上F表示女性。
  4. Best grammar schools are single sex.大部分文法学校都是男女分开的学校。
  5. They often had sex together.他们常发生性关系。
  6. Do you think sex outside marriage is always wrong?你认为婚外性关系总是错误的吗?
  7. The couple went for therapy because they hadn't had sex for years.这对夫妇去接受治疗,因为他们多年没有过性生活了。
  8. There's a lot of sex and violence in this film.这部影片中有不少渲染性行为和暴力的镜头。
  9. He never associated with the sex.他从不和女性交往。
  10. Employing just one woman among fifty men is only token recognition of equal rights for the sexes.50个工人中雇用了1个女工只不过象征性地承认了男女平等。
  11. He often talked about the equality between the sexes.他常常谈论男女平等的问题。
  12. There has always been some conflict between two sexes.两性之间从来就有矛盾。

常用短语

用作名词(n.)
the weaker sex
    女性 woman in general

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • betray one's sex暴露自己的性别
  • discuss sex讨论性问题
  • disguise the true sex隐瞒自己的真实性别
  • have sex with sb与某人发生性关系
  • improve one's sex life改善性生活
形容词+~
  • both sexes男性和女性
  • fair sex女性
  • female sex女性
  • gentle sex女性
  • male sex男性
  • opposite sex异性
  • the other sex异性
  • the third sex(总称)搞同性恋的人
~+名词
  • sex discrimination性别歧视
  • sex manual性知识手册
  • sex organs性器官
  • sex shop性用品商店
介词+~
  • school for both sexes男女生学校
  • differences of sex性的区别
  • a film with lots of sex有许多性镜头的电影
  • persons of different sex男女
  • members of either sex男女会员

经典引文

  • You are a pearl.., the queen of your sex.

    出自:P. G. Wodehouse
  • The flowers are in catkins, the sexes nearly always on different trees.

    出自:M. Hadfield
  • Equal pension rights for both sexes.

    出自:Which?
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