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Sexuality Refer Sexual Person's Describes Feelings Growing N Uncount

英语单词 sexuality
英美音标 英 [ˌsekʃu'æləti] 美 [ˌsekʃu'æləti]
中文释义 n.性别;性方面的事情;性欲
英语例句 (1) He had an inferiority complex about his sexuality.
(2) Sigmund Freud regarded sexuality as the principle motivator of humans.
中文例句 (1) 他对自己的性能力有一种自卑情结。
(2) 弗洛伊德认为性欲是人类的主要动力。
vocabulary简明 The noun sexuality can refer to sexual matters of all kinds. It often describes having sexual feelings. A novel about a teenager growing up may examine the awakening sexuality of its main character.
vocabulary扩展 Sexuality also describes a person's sexual preferences and orientation — meaning whether you're gay or straight. Sexuality can refer to erotic experiences, but it can also be used broadly to refer to how organisms — whether human or animal — reproduce. There are scientists who exclusively study sexuality, from the mating habits of animals to the peculiarities of how humans pair up.
柯林斯解释
1
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]性欲;性兴趣;性感觉 A person's sexuality is their sexual feelings.
  [oft poss N]
  • In Britain, the growing discussion of women's sexuality raised its own disquiet.

    在英国,对女性性欲的讨论日趋高涨,使得这一讨论本身就开始引起了不安。

2
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]性取向 You can refer to a person's sexuality when you are talking about whether they are sexually attracted to people of the same sex or a different sex.
  [oft poss N]
  • He believes he has been discriminated against because of his sexuality.

    他认为他的性取向令他一直备受歧视。

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