be charged with sodomy
常用于法律语境，表示因这类性行为被起诉。
He was charged with sodomy under the old law.
他根据旧法律被控犯有鸡奸罪。
肛交
非自然性行为；被视为非自然的几种性交形式,尤指兽交或同性性行为,有时也包括肛交、口交或手交；鸡奸；兽奸；[法] 鸡奸；兽奸
被视为非自然的几种性交形式,尤指兽交或同性性行为,有时也包括肛交、口交或手交
Any of several forms of sexual intercourse held to be unnatural, particularly bestiality or homosexuality, but also (sometimes) anal, oral, or manual sex.
肛交
Anal sex.
Many historical laws treated sodomy as a serious crime.
许多历史上的法律将肛交视为严重罪行。
用法提示：sodomy为名词，在此指肛交行为，用作动词treated的宾语。
The article examined the religious arguments against sodomy.
这篇文章审视了反对肛交的宗教论点。
用法提示：sodomy为名词，作介词against的宾语，指肛交行为。
Public discussion of sodomy became more open in the late twentieth century.
在20世纪末，关于肛交的公开讨论变得更加开放。
用法提示：sodomy为名词，作介词of的宾语，表示讨论的话题。
常用于法律语境，表示因这类性行为被起诉。
He was charged with sodomy under the old law.
他根据旧法律被控犯有鸡奸罪。
against 表示法律所禁止或反对的行为。
The country still has laws against sodomy.
该国仍有禁止鸡奸的法律。
“the + 名词 + of + sodomy”是常见的名词化表达。
The ruling led to the legalization of sodomy.
该裁决导致了鸡奸行为的合法化。
commit 常与表示犯罪或不当行为的词搭配。
The soldiers were accused of committing sodomy.
士兵们被指控犯有鸡奸行为。
grammar · medium
易错句子Sodomy are illegal in many countries.
正确表达Sodomy is illegal in many countries.
sodomy 在此泛指该类行为，作不可数名词用，谓语必须用单数 is；不能因词尾是 -y 或受汉语“行为”可数的影响而用 are。
grammar · medium
易错句子The sodomy is illegal in many countries.
正确表达Sodomy is illegal in many countries.
泛指某一类行为时，不可数抽象名词前不加定冠词 the；汉语没有冠词，学习者容易误加。若特指某一具体行为才可用 the，但本句是泛指。
grammar · medium
易错句子They did sodomy.
正确表达They committed sodomy.
英语中与 sodomy 搭配的动词是 commit 或 engage in，不用 do；do 是汉语“做/进行”的直译，搭配不成立。
sodomy 是法律、宗教文本中的统称，可涵盖肛交、口交、同性性行为等多种行为；bestiality 只指人与动物的性行为，范围窄而明确，不能用来指人与人之间的行为。
两者都能指肛交，但 buggery 是英式法律用词，通常只指肛交（尤指男性之间）；sodomy 在美式法律文本中更常见，历史上涵盖范围更广，还包括其他被视为“非自然”的性行为。选择时看地域与文体，而非绝对对错。
sodomy 指行为或罪名本身，sodomite 指实施该行为的人；搭配对象完全不同，如 commit sodomy（犯此罪）与 punish a sodomite（惩处此人），不能互换。
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