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the fact of being male or female, especially when considered with reference to social and cultural differences, not differences in biology; members of a particular gender as a group 性别（尤指社会和文化差异，而非生理差异） issues of class, race and gender 阶级、种族和性别问题 traditional concepts of gender 传统的性别观念 Levels of physical activity did not differ between genders. 男女之间的体育活动水平没有差异。 The film has something for people of all ages, genders and backgrounds. 这部电影适合所有年龄、性别和背景的人。 gender differences/relations/roles/equality 性别差异/关系/角色/平等 She examines the interplay between changing gender divisions and urban change. 她研究性别差异的变化和城市变化之间的相互影响。 The government is working on tackling gender inequalities in employment. 政府正在着手解决就业中的性别不平等问题。
More About genderTopics People in societyb2gender Ways of talking about men and women 表示男女的说法 - When you are writing or speaking English it is important to use language that includes both men and women equally. Some people may be very offended if you do not.
说写英语时，重要的是用词要把男女都包括在内，否则可能会冒犯某些人。
The human race 人类 - Man and mankind have traditionally been used to mean ‘all men and women’. Many people now prefer to use humanity, the human race, human beings or people.
man 和 mankind 传统上用以指所有男性和女性，不过，现在许多人喜欢用 humanity、the human race、human beings 或 people。
Jobs 职业 - The suffix -ess in names of occupations such as actress, hostess and waitress shows that the person doing the job is a woman. Many people now avoid these. Instead you can use actor or host (although actress and hostess are still very common), or a neutral word, such as server for waiter and waitress.
- Neutral words like assistant, worker, person or officer are now often used instead of -man or -woman in the names of jobs. For example, you can use police officer instead of policeman or policewoman, and spokesperson instead of spokesman or spokeswoman. Neutral words are very common in newspapers, on television and radio and in official writing, in both British English and North American English.
- When talking about jobs that are traditionally done by the other sex, some people say: a male secretary/nurse/model (NOT man) or a woman/female doctor/barrister/driver. However this is now not usually used unless you need to emphasize which sex the person is, or it is still unusual for the job to be done by a man/woman:
My daughter prefers to see a woman doctor. 我的女儿喜欢让女医生看病。 They have a male nanny for their kids. 他们有个男保姆照料孩子。 a female racing driver 女赛车手
Pronouns 代词 - He used to be considered to cover both men and women:
he 过去被认为既指男性也指女性： Everyone needs to feel he is loved. 人人都需要有被爱的感觉。 现在此用法不获认同。取而代之的是在 everybody、everyone、anybody、anyone、somebody、someone 等之后常用复数代词 they、them 和 their： Does everybody know what they want? 人人都知道自己需要什么吗？ Somebody’s left their coat here. 有人把外衣丢在这儿了。 I hope nobody’s forgotten to bring their passport with them. 希望没人忘了随身带上护照。
- Some people prefer to use he or she, his or her, or him or her in speech and writing:
有人在口语和书面语中喜欢用 he or she、his or her 或 him or her： Everyone knows what’s best for him- or herself. 人人都知道对自己来说什么是最好的。
he/she 或 (s)he 亦可用于书面语中： If in doubt, ask your doctor. He/she can give you more information. 如有疑问请向你的医生咨询，他／她会给你更多的信息。
A baby cries when he or she is tired 婴儿累了就会哭 可以说： Babies cry when they are tired. 婴儿疲倦时会哭。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- female
- male
- same
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- relations
- differences
- divisions
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grammar 语法 ) (in some languages 用于某些语言 each of the classes (masculine, feminine and sometimes neuter) into which nouns, pronouns and adjectives are divided; the division of nouns, pronouns and adjectives into these different genders. Different genders may have different endings, etc. 性（阳性、阴性和中性，不同的性有不同的词尾等）
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French gendre (modern genre), based on Latin genus ‘birth, family, nation’. The earliest meanings were ‘kind, sort, genus’ and ‘type or class of noun, etc.’ (which was also a sense of Latin genus).