名詞 gender:

1. a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
   同義詞：grammatical gender
2. the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles
   同義詞：sex, sexuality

1. The male and female genders are equal.
   男性和女性是平等的。
2. German has three genders.
   德語(yǔ)中有三性。

gen.der

n.Abbr. g.,gen.（名詞）縮寫 g.,gen.
Grammar
【語(yǔ)法】
A grammatical category used in the analysis of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and, in some languages, verbs that may be arbitrary or based on characteristics such as sex or animacy and that determines agreement with or selection of modifiers, referents, or grammatical forms.
性：一種語(yǔ)法分類，用于名詞、代詞或形容詞的分析，而且在某些語(yǔ)言中動(dòng)詞可能是任意的或基于一些特點(diǎn)的，例如性別和行為方式，來(lái)決定其與修飾成分、有關(guān)搭配及語(yǔ)法形式的一致性或選擇性
One category of such a set.
性的類別：這樣搭配的一種類別
The classification of a word or grammatical form in such a category.
有性別的字的區(qū)分：在這種類別中，一個(gè)單詞或語(yǔ)法形式的分類
The distinguishing form or forms used.
性區(qū)別的形式：使用的一個(gè)或多個(gè)區(qū)別形式
Sexual identity, especially in relation to society or culture.
性別：性別同一性，尤指與社會(huì)與文化有關(guān)
n.attributive.（定語(yǔ)名詞）
Often used to modify another noun:
通常用來(lái)修飾另外一個(gè)名詞：
例句：
.Women entered graduate schools . . . and encountered gender discrimination when they applied for the few academic positions.(New York Times)
.女性考入了研究生班，但在她們申請(qǐng)為數(shù)不多的學(xué)術(shù)位置時(shí)，卻遭到了性別歧視的問(wèn)題.(紐約時(shí)報(bào))

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
gen.dered,gen.der.ing,gen.ders
To engender.
產(chǎn)生，釀成

來(lái)源：
Middle English gendre
中古英語(yǔ) gendre
from Old French [kind, gender]
源自 古法語(yǔ) [種類，性別]
from Latin genus gener- * see gen…-
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) genus gener- *參見(jiàn) gen…-

【引伸】
gen.derless
adj.（形容詞）
Traditionally,gender has been used primarily to refer to the grammatical categories of .masculine,. .feminine,. and .neuter.; but in recent years the word has become well established in its use to refer to sex-based categories,as in phrases such asgender gap and the politics of gender. This usage is supported by the practice of many anthropologists,who reservesex for reference to biological categories, while usinggender to refer to social or cultural categories. According to this rule,one would sayThe effectiveness of the medication appears to depend on the sex (not gender ) of the patient, butIn peasant societies, gender (not sex ) roles are likely to be more clearly defined. This distinction is useful in principle,but it is by no means widely observed,and considerable variation in usage occurs at all levels.
傳統(tǒng)地，gender 已被主要用來(lái)指.陽(yáng)性.、.陰性.和.中性.的語(yǔ)法類別， 自近年來(lái)，這個(gè)單詞已被人們普遍接受為指基于性別區(qū)分的類別，例如在詞組性別差異 和 性別政治 中， 這種用法被許多人類學(xué)家所支持，他們把sex 局限為生物類別， 而用gender 來(lái)指社會(huì)和文化方面的類別。 根據(jù)這種規(guī)則，我們應(yīng)該說(shuō)醫(yī)療的有效性似乎取決于 （而不是 gender ） 病人的性別， 但是在農(nóng)業(yè)國(guó)家中，性別的 （不是 sex ） 角色易于有更清楚的定義。 這種區(qū)分在原則上是有用的，但無(wú)法被人們廣泛注意，而且大量變體出現(xiàn)于在不同水平的用法中