a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles;
"she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus"
双语例句
1. Dara challenges our stereotypical ideas about gender and femininity.
达拉对我们老一套的性别和女性特质观念提出了异议。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Gender discrimination is a hotly contested issue.
性别歧视是一个争论激烈的话题。
来自柯林斯例句
3. a discourse on issues of gender and sexuality
关于性别和性行为的论文
来自《权威词典》
4. Many factors are important, for example class, gender, age and ethnicity.
许多因素都很重要，如阶级、性别、年龄及民族。
来自《权威词典》
5. issues of class, race and gender
阶级、种族和性别问题
来自《权威词典》
用作名词 (n.)
German has three genders. 德语中有三性。
The male and female genders are equal. 男性和女性是平等的。
Was it gender discrimination or were the female students simply superior writers? 是性别歧视还是女生天生就是擅长于写作呢?
Native English speakers are more gender blind when they mention their cousins. 在涉及表亲的时候,英语母语的人更容易混淆性别。
