英 [ˈdʒentl seks] 美 [ˈdʒentl seks]
温柔的性别，女性：指女性性别，通常指女性总体。
妇女（等于 gentler sex）
woman / weaker sex
As this influence waned, the gentle irony in Mr. Naipaul's fiction gave way to cooler contempt about developing nations, women and sex.
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