报告显示:高学历女性在中国最容易单身

 　　Men with lower educational qualifications and women with higher ones are more prone¹ to being single in China, researchers have shown. Women with a doctoral degree are often joked about as people of "the third gender²" in China.

　　近日，有相关研究人员发现，低学历男人和高学历女人在中国最容易单身。拥有博士学历的女性在中国经常被嘲讽是“第三性别人群”。

　　One female student said she planned to pursue a doctoral degree but her family was strongly opposed to the idea, worrying that a higher education might be an obstacle to her future family life, while her boyfriend feared he would be dumped, China Youth Daily reported.

　　根据中国青年报报道，一位女学生计划攻读博士，但却遭到了家人的强烈反对。家人担心更高层次的教育可能会对她将来的家庭生活不利，而她男朋友也担心会被她甩了。

　　报告显示:高学历女性在中国最容易单身

　　Several other media reports have exposed the pressures faced by well-educated women in seeking a relationship as they were assumed to be lacking in femininity and attractiveness.

　　其他几家媒体也报道了高学历女性在恋爱方面遭遇很大的压力。因为她们经常会被误认为缺乏女性气质和魅力。

　　Chen Jinkuan, a teacher of social psychology³ at Zhengzhou University in Henan Province, said studies show women with a higher education find it as difficult as men with lower educations to find a partner.

　　河南省郑州大学社会心理学教师陈佳宽表示，调查结果显示，高学历女性和低学历男性一样不好找对象。

　　Surveys also show men are generally willing to get married to women who have a similar education level and are daunted⁴ by women with better educational and work qualifications and knowledge.

　　调查还发现，男性更愿意和自己教育层次差不多的女性结婚，而对于学历、工作能力都比自己优秀的女性，他们大多会敬而远之。

　　The report called for gender equality and more support and respect for women in seeking higher education.

　　该报道呼吁性别平等，并且呼吁大家对于那些寻求更高学历的女性给予更多的支持和尊重。

 

1 prone   

adj.(to)易于…的，很可能…的；俯卧的

参考例句：

• Some people are prone to jump to hasty conclusions.有些人往往作出轻率的结论。
• He is prone to lose his temper when people disagree with him.人家一不同意他的意见,他就发脾气。

2 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

3 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。

4 daunted   

使（某人）气馁，威吓( daunt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She was a brave woman but she felt daunted by the task ahead. 她是一个勇敢的女人，但对面前的任务却感到信心不足。
• He was daunted by the high quality of work they expected. 他被他们对工作的高品质的要求吓倒了。