1. one or more surgical procedures that change a person's physical sex characterist
1.名詞C1
釋義
性別重置術
透過手術改變身體以符合性別認同
one or more surgical procedures that change a person's physical sex characteristics so that the person's body more fully aligns with their gender identity
例句
The hospital's ethics board approved the request for sex reassignment surgery.
該醫院的倫理委員會批准了這項性別重置手術的申請。
passive: sex reassignment surgery + approved by [institution]
After two years of counseling, the patient chose to move forward with sex reassignment surgery.
經過兩年的諮詢後，這位病人決定接受性別重置手術。
Dr. Okafor explained each step of sex reassignment surgery to the young man.
Okafor 醫生向這位年輕男子詳細解釋了性別重置手術的每個步驟。
collocation: explain + step of + surgery
Sex reassignment surgery often requires a medical team with training in several different specialties.
性別重置手術通常需要一支受過多種專科訓練的醫療團隊。
collocation: require + medical team + specialties
The clinic offers low-cost consultations for people who are thinking about sex reassignment surgery.
Frequently used as an uncountable noun referring to the general category of procedures, but can be countable when describing a specific operation ('She had two sex reassignment surgeries over three years'). Increasingly replaced by the terms gender-affirming surgery or gender confirmation surgery, which are considered more respectful by many in the transgender community.
常見錯誤
He had a sex change operation.
He had sex reassignment surgery.
'Sex change operation' is outdated and considered disrespectful by many people; use 'sex reassignment surgery' or 'gender-affirming surgery' instead.
Sex reassignment surgery changes a person's gender.
Sex reassignment surgery changes a person's body to align with their gender identity.
The surgery alters physical characteristics, not the person's internal sense of their own gender.