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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

3.51 Sex

Word Pronunciation Definition Related Forms
sex /sɛks/ (uncountable) Sex is an act done by a male and a female, usually to make babies.
(countable) Sex is a gender. A person or animal's sex is male, female, or both.
sexy

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  1. sex
    [seks]
    n. 性, 性别, 性欲
    vt. 区别...性别, 引起...性欲
    She disguised her true sex under a man's garment.

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  2. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects individuals against employment discrimination on the basis of sex as well as race.
    Italian: Sesso

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  3. Some researchers attempted to statistically control for socioeconomic, ethnic, sex, and other differences between students attending different schools.

    japanese; sei yoku, sei

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  4. Examination of the LCSH list reveals that considerations of nationality, ethnic background, religion, and sex have been factors which have entered into the construction, over the years, of LC's hypothetical reader.

    Spanish: Sexo

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  5. New York City has no policy requiring sex education.

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  6. Sex-intergrade pigs show all variations between complete and abortive development of the derivatives of the Müllerian and Wolffian ducts.
    Russian: cekc

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  7. There are members of both sexes in the committee.

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