sexual orientation
noun[UorC]
formaluk/ˌsek.sjʊəl ɔː.ri.enˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌsek.sjʊəl ɔːr.i.enˈteɪ.ʃən/(alsoorientation)thefactof someone beingsexuallyorromanticallyattractedtopeopleof aparticulargender, or more than onegender:
Everyone will betreatedequally,regardlessofsexualorientation.不论性倾向如何，每个人都会被平等对待。
Theclubisopentopeopleof allsexualorientations.俱乐部向有各种性倾向的人开放。
Synonym
sexuality
- He wasunwillingtohidehissexualorientation.
- He said that he would be morecomfortablewith atherapistwhosharedhissexualorientation.
- Employees areprotectedfromdiscriminationon thebasisofsexualorientation.