sex up

基本解釋

The question of why a boy might prefer one sort of sticker, and you might get a different response with a girl, is going to come up later when we discuss different theories of sex differences.
至于為什么男孩偏愛一類貼紙,而女孩偏好另一類貼紙的問題,等稍后我們討論兩性差異的不同理論時,再進(jìn)行解釋
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Sure, Morgan is trying to push his violence and sex up a notch in the book.
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To sex something up means to make it seem more attractive or interesting than it actually is.