1SYrelating to the physical activity of sex 性的;与性(生活)有关的
a disease passed on by sexual contact
由性接触传染的疾病
allegations of sexual abuse
性虐待的指控
her first sexual experience
她的第一次性经验
Many elderly people continue to have satisfying sexual relationships.
许多老年人仍然有满意的性关系。
2SSSYrelating to the social relationships between men and women, especially the differences between men and women 性别的,两性社会关系的
sexual stereotypes
两性关系的模式化观念
—sexuallyadverbadv
young people who are sexually active (=who regularly have sex)
性生活活跃的年轻人
I no longer found her sexually attractive.
我不再觉得她性感了。
She had been sexually assaulted.
她遭到过性侵犯。
Examples from the Corpus
sexual• He had to admit that his feelings for her were mostly sexual.• Californians voted heavily against recognising gaymarriages in what was widely seen as a test of the state's sexualclimate.• Herpes is a disease passed on by sexualcontact.• Birds have developed a sexual difference in the colours of their feathers.• Sexualinequalityexists, to some degree, in every society.• It's important to take your partner's sexual needs into consideration.• The San Francisco that you have slowly and faithfully trained me to know and adore cares nothing for sexualorientation.• Men say that they are confused by today's sexualpolitics in the workplace.• Dr Ruth offers advice on sexual problems.• All this was to feed into the stream of sexual radicalism in the early twentieth century.• sexual relationships• sexualreproduction