Eroticism is the quality in a film, a painting, a dance, or a piece of writing that gives a feeling of sexual desire.

Eroticism is the quality in a film, a painting, a dance, or a piece of writingeroticism指的是一部電影、一幅畫、一支舞或一篇作品裡的某種特質 that gives a feeling of sexual desire會讓人產生性慾感覺的那種特質

You are not naming the pictures or books themselves (that would be erotica). You are naming the heat, the atmosphere, the way the work makes the body matter.

You are not naming the pictures or books themselves (that would be erotica)你講的不是那些圖片或書本身（那個叫erotica） You are naming the heat, the atmosphere, the way the work makes the body matter你在講的是那股熱度、氣氛，還有作品讓身體變得重要的那種方式

A critic might praise the eroticism of a scene, or say a novel has little eroticism even when it talks about sex, because the feeling is not there.

A critic might praise the eroticism of a scene評論家可能會稱讚某一幕的eroticism or say a novel has little eroticism even when it talks about sex或說一本小說就算談到性，eroticism也很少 because the feeling is not there因為那種感覺並不存在

Though actually, people stretch it. A perfume advert can be said to have “eroticism” when it is only selling a mood.

Though actually, people stretch it不過其實大家也會把這個字延伸著用 A perfume advert can be said to have eroticism when it is only selling a mood一支香水廣告可以被說有『eroticism』，就算它其實只是在賣一種氛圍

It is a slightly literary, slightly grown-up word — more at home in a review than in a chat on the bus.

It is a slightly literary, slightly grown-up word這是個有點文學、有點成熟的字 more at home in a review than in a chat on the bus用在評論裡比用在公車上的閒聊更自在