英语属于印欧语系,但它却不象法语、德语那样要用复杂的屈折变化形式来区别“性”。尽管如此,由于英语自身的发展和外来语的影响,英语中仍有一部分名词有性的区别。下面我们就简要介绍一些英语常用词的“性”的构成方式。Ⅰ.用不同的词表示阳性和阴性1.亲属关系中的男女对应词:father 父亲/mother 母亲,brother English belongs to the Indo-European language system, but it does not use the complex forms of inflection to distinguish “sex” from French and German. In spite of this, due to the development of English itself and the influence of foreign words, there are still some sexual distinctions in English. Here we briefly introduce the structure of the “sex” of some commonly used English words. I. Use different words for positive and negative 1. Men and women in relatives: father/mother mother, brother