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gender

英  [ˈdʒendə]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词
  • genders

    1[C, U 有变体名词] 性别

    A person's gender is the fact that they are male or female.

    近义词

    sex

    双语例句

    例:

    Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.

    女性有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得一些机会。

    例:

    groups that are traditionally discriminated against on grounds of gender, colour, race, or age.

    长期以来由于性别、肤色、种族或年龄而遭受歧视的群体。

    2[C 可数名词]

    You can refer to all male people or all female people as a particular gender.

    近义词

    sex

    双语例句

    例:

    While her observations may be true about some men, they could hardly apply to the entire gender.

    她的评论对某些男人来说可能是正确的,但并不适用于所有男性。

    3[C, U 有变体名词] (语法上的)性

    In grammar, the gender of a noun, pronoun, or adjective is whether it is masculine, feminine, or neuter. A word's gender can affect its form and behaviour. In English, only personal pronouns such as 'she', reflexive pronouns such as 'itself', and possessive determiners such as 'his' have gender.

    双语例句

    例:

    In both Welsh and Irish the word for 'moon' is of feminine gender.

    在威尔士和爱尔兰语中,“月亮”这个单词都是阴性的。

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