The battle of the sexes also took a new twist.
性别之战也有了意想不到的新进展。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》Some people prefer not to use the feminine form 'actress' and use the word 'actor' for both sexes.
有些人不喜欢使用actress这一阴性形式,而用actor一词代表两个性别。
《牛津词典》Yehuda notes another difference between the sexes.
耶胡达指出了另一个性别差异。
There seem to be fewer and fewer differences between the sexes.
而且两性之间的差异似乎越来越小。
If these differences correspond with the differences in the hemispheric trunkline, there is an unalterable distinction between the sexes.
如果这些差异与大脑半球躯干的差异相一致,那么两性之间就有一个不可改变的区别。
Because both sexes of white-tailed respond to buck rubs by smelling and licking them, rubs may serve a very important additional function.
因为两种性别的白尾鹿都是通过嗅和舔来对雄鹿的摩擦做出反应的,所以摩擦可能还有一个非常重要的附加功能。
If you examine the metabolic rates of the two sexes you establish that the higher male metabolic rate roughly accounts for the lower male life span.
如果你研究两性的代谢率,你就会发现,男性较高的代谢率大致解释了为何他们寿命较短。
Many men and women have long bought into the idea that there are "male" and "female" brains, believing that explains just about every difference between the sexes.
长久以来,许多人都接受了“男性”大脑和“女性”大脑的存在,并认为这几乎可以解释所有性别差异。
It would be a tragedy if both sexes were enslaved to the god of work.
如果男女两性都被工作所束缚,那将会是一场悲剧。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》Why should we have strict places for different sexes to eat?
为什么我们要为不同性别的人设置严格的就餐场所呢?
Both sexes were about equally represented in the packed audience.
在拥挤的观众中,男女比例大致相等。
In her view, there ought to be one criterion of morals for men and women alike, with both sexes cultivating the same virtues.
她认为,男女都应该有一个道德准则,男女双方都应培养同样的美德。
Although men's touching is more normal in these cultures, physical contact between persons of opposite sexes who are not family members is negatively perceived in Arabian countries.
尽管男性的身体接触在这些文化中更为正常,但在阿拉伯国家,人们会抵触非家庭成员的异性之间的身体接触。
Of course, learning does vary a lot between individual students, but research reliably shows that this variance is far greater within populations of boys or girls than between the two sexes.
当然,不同学生的学习能力差异很大,但研究确实表明这种差异在男孩或女孩群体中要比在两性群体中大得多。
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sex education
性教育
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have sex
性交
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opposite sex
异性
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sex life
n. 性生活
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have sex with
与…性交
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sex ratio
男女人口比例