male和female,更加着重指性别。male指男生,或者是雄性动物,并不一定是人类。同样的female也可以指女性或雌性动物。
而当指代人的时候,male可以指成年男人也可以指小男孩子,只要是男性都可以用male来统性。female可以指成年女性或小女孩。
而man和woman更着重指“男人”“女人”,多用于指成年男女。而woman又指妇女。
可以说,male包含了man和boy,而female包含了woman和girl。范围上是有一定差异的。
再从习惯的用法含义上来看:
如果在口语中用female,往往含有一占暧昧的意思,就好像我们不说“女人”而说“小妞”那种感觉。而用woman来指女人,听起来就没那么生动。
而man,有时隐含有一层男子气概的意思。
双语例句:
1. And we all relished the freedom of shifting boundaries; the extreme polarity of male/female doesn't necessarily fit who we are and how we write.
我们都喜欢随心所欲的转换领域;把男性和女性分为两个极端并不能定义我们的身份和我们的写作方式。
2. Be you male, female, arty, practical or academic, she believes that technology enables teachers to fashion a learning plan for each individual.
做自己向要成为的男人,女人,艺术家,实干家或者是学者。她坚信科技能帮助老师们为每位学生制定学习计划,能更好的因材施教。
3. Anyone familiar with psychology has probably heard a statement like this: A significant percentage of male & female undergraduates displayed X when prompted by Y.
熟悉心理学的人也许都听过这么一句话:受到Y的刺激时,有相当比例的男性和女性大学生呈现出了X的反应。
原声例句:
1. You tell me when it stops!" For years, almost all leading movie and television stars, male or female, were white. VOA: special.2009.05.04
2. Milton's been noting that some of the pagan deities that the fallen angels eventually became were male and some were female.
堕落天使化身成的异端神灵,有男有女,弥尔顿本无须说明。
3. Moreover, this earthling that seems to include both male and female, is then said to be in the image of God.
而且,这地球生物中似乎既有男也有女,他们依照上帝的形象。
4. For a couple hundred years we've had names which have switched gender but they almost always switch from male to female. VOA: special.2009.07.06
5. Naming expert Cleveland Evans explains that many of these names were traditionally female or male at one time or another. VOA: special.2009.07.06
权威例句:
1. But there are some arts of the male-female divide that are not just society imposing arbitrary rules. FORBES: How To Increase Business Profits: Go Sexist
2. Within the organization, we have observed a similar imbalance with male-female participants: Many of our events tend to draw far more male attendees than female (roughly 80% male and 20% female). FORBES: Startup Weekend's Focus On Women Founders
早期奥林匹克运动会上,只有男性运动员有资格参赛。
有一种花朵是雄花,也就是所谓的男性花。
在生物学中,雄性的能够和雌性的卵子结合,完成生命的传承。人们常常发现,男性在身体素质上比女性更出色。某一物种的雄性还可能拥有特殊的身体特征,比如一条白色的尾巴。
军队仍然是男性占据的主导领域之一。曾经,我们一同进入学院学习,那时学院只接受男性学生。伦敦市芭蕾舞团从波修瓦芭蕾舞团引进了两名优秀的男舞蹈演员。在某些清一色男性的公司里,有的男性行为可能显得不够得体。
关于什么是男性价值观和女性价值观,人们的看法并不统一。在斯堪的纳维亚神话中,月亮被赋予了男性的身份。在电影界,男性正面的镜头仍然相对较少。有的头衔只传给男性后裔。尽管时代在变迁,但医学界仍然是男性的天下。
有人指责某些男性具有大男子主义思想。在自然界中,一些雄鸟拥有鲜艳的羽毛,这是为了吸引雌鸟。一位女性的独立精神让她在共事的男性军官中脱颖而出。雄黄峰在交配后会在蜂房侧面钻出去。在某些电影中,男性的形象非常负面。比较纯男性工作和纯女性工作常常很困难。
在男性主导的法庭上,有多少法官对妇女问题敏感是一个值得探讨的问题。男性每次排出的中包含大量。雄性动物在求偶时会发出声响并展示自己。一些事业有成的女性可能会对她们的男同事构成挑战。需要强调的是,我并非大男子主义者。