sexual
sexual — 形容詞
1. Describing things that involve or relate to the physical act of sex between peop
性相關
涉及性行為或情感的
Describing things that involve or relate to the physical act of sex between people, including related feelings, behaviour, and attraction.
Many TV channels now show warnings before broadcasting sexual scenes in films.
許多電視頻道現在會在播出有性愛場景的電影前顯示警告標語。
collocation: sexual scenes / sexual content
The survey asked teenagers about their sexual behaviour and personal attitudes.
這項調查詢問青少年關於他們的性行為和個人態度。
collocation: sexual behaviour
Some schools in Taiwan offer sexual education to help young people understand relationships.
台灣有些學校提供性教育課程，幫助年輕人了解人際關係。
Folake felt uncomfortable with the sexual jokes her colleagues told during lunch.
Folake 對同事在午餐時間講的黃色笑話感到不舒服。
It is illegal to share sexual images of another person without their clear agreement.
未經他人明確同意而分享其性影像，是違法的行為。
文法句型
sexual + noun
用法筆記
Frequently appears in formal and legal contexts — education, media ratings, law, and journalism. Common in compound phrases such as sexual content, sexual behaviour, sexual assault, and sexual harassment.
常見錯誤
2. Relating to the way that plants, animals, and other living things produce offspr
有性生殖
涉及雄雌細胞結合繁衍的
Relating to the way that plants, animals, and other living things produce offspring through the joining of male and female cells, rather than through simple splitting or budding.
Sexual reproduction in flowering plants requires the transfer of pollen between blossoms.
開花植物的有性生殖需要花粉在花朵之間傳遞。
collocation: sexual reproduction
Many simple organisms can reproduce both sexually and through ordinary cell division.
許多簡單的生物體既可以進行有性生殖，也可以透過普通的細胞分裂繁殖。
contrast: sexually vs. by cell division (asexual)
Farmers often use sexual crossing between two plant varieties to create stronger crops.
農民經常利用兩個植物品種進行有性雜交，以培育出更強壯的作物。
Hoa's biology textbook explained how sexual development begins inside the flower bud.
Hoa 的生物課本解釋了有性發育如何從花苞內部開始。
Scientists study the sexual organs of insects to understand how species evolve over time.
科學家研究昆蟲的性器官，以了解物種如何隨著時間演化。
- reproductive
Broader term covering both sexual and asexual reproduction.
- generative
Formal term for the capacity to produce offspring; less common in everyday use.
- asexual
Describes reproduction that does not involve the joining of male and female cells.
文法句型
sexual + noun (biology)
用法筆記
Used mainly in biology, botany, and agriculture. The opposite process is asexual reproduction (e.g. binary fission in bacteria, budding in yeast). This sense never refers to human sexual activity.
常見錯誤
3. Relating to the physical features — such as chromosomes, hormones, and anatomy —
生理性別
指男性、女性或雙性的生理特徵
Relating to the physical features — such as chromosomes, hormones, and anatomy — that place a person into a sex group: male, female, or a mixture of both sex traits.
Doctors examined the newborn baby's sexual characteristics during the first health check.
醫生在新生兒的第一次健康檢查中檢查了寶寶的性別特徵。
collocation: sexual characteristics
The biology class discussed how sexual development begins long before a baby is born.
生物課堂上討論了性別發育如何在嬰兒出生前就早已開始。
collocation: sexual development
Some people are born with sexual features that are neither clearly male nor clearly female.
有些人天生具有既非典型男性也非典型女性的性別特徵。
Tyler's medical file notes his sexual category as male for the hospital records.
Tyler 的病歷上在醫院記錄中標註其生理性別為男性。
Researchers study how sexual hormones affect the human body during the teenage years.
研究人員研究性荷爾蒙如何在青少年時期影響人體。
- biological
Broader term covering all biological traits; only implies sex when the context makes it clear.
- sex-based
More precise when distinguishing between categories based on sex; used in legal and medical writing.
文法句型
sexual + noun (biology / medicine)
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1 (SEXUAL ACTIVITY): sense 3 refers to biological sex categories and physical traits, not to sexual behaviour or feelings. Common in medical records, legal documents, and scientific research. Not interchangeable with 'gender,' which involves social and personal identity.