签名可以看出你是自恋狂吗？

 　　美国总统特朗普上台后，人们调侃他的签名简直就像是一个地震记录。同时，他签一个名要花6-7秒，超过30划。而他的前任，左撇子奥巴马却只需要2-3秒签一个名。而最新研究发现，签名字体大的人，可能是个自恋狂。

　　If you sign your name in a large flourish, you just might be a narcissist¹.

　　如果你的签名字体比较大，那你可能是个自恋狂。

　　According to recent studies, signatures can be a tell-tale sign of a person’s darker traits, revealing if they are authoritative² and exploitative.

　　根据最近的研究，签名或是揭露人是否有权威感和特权感等腹黑个性的标志。

　　签名可以看出你是自恋狂吗？

　　In addition, researchers have found that a large signature is linked to those who enjoy being the center of attention – and for women especially, this writing style was tied to narcissism³.

　　此外，科研人员们还发现，字体大的人喜欢成为众人瞩目的中心。尤其是女性，使用这种大字体书写方式的女性非常自恋。

　　A study analyzing⁴ the signatures of 500 chief financial officers found that signature size is linked only to the dark elements of narcissism, according to PsyBlog.

　　心理博客表示，一项对500名首席财务官的签名的研究发现，签名的大小与只与自恋特质中的阴暗面有关。

　　Positive traits associated with narcissism, such as self-confidence, were not found to be related.

　　但研究发现，与自恋相关的积极个性特征，比如自信，与此并无关系。

　　Instead, they noted⁵ a relationship between signature size, authoritativeness⁶ and exploitativeness.

　　研究人员注意到，签名大小与权威感和特权感有关。

　　And, CFOs with the largest signatures were more likely lie about the company’s earnings⁷ or relax internal controls.

　　签名字体越大的首席财务官，越有可能谎报公司盈利或对公司疏于管理。

　　‘In an ideal setting, you would be in direct contact with executives and have them take a personality test,’ said Dr Charles Ham, one of the study’s authors.

　　该研究的一位作者Charles Ham博士说：“理想研究环境是直接接触高管，并对他们进行人格测试。”

　　‘But that’s not usually possible. A signature comes directly from the executive.

　　“但这行不通。可签名却是直接来自高管的。”

　　‘We used two laboratory tests to establish the link between signature size and narcissism.’

　　“我们使用两个不同的实验室测试，来确定签名大小和自恋之间的联系。”

　　President Trump⁸ is among many well-known figures to use a large, illegible⁹ signature.

　　特朗普总统经常使用一个很大又难以辨认的签名，这样的名人还有很多。

　　And in his hand-written letters, he often uses all uppercase and overtakes much of the page.

　　在他手写的信件中，他的签名经常使用大写，占据很大的页面。

　　In a similar study, published in the Journal of Research in Personality, researchers investigated the relationship between signature size and a number of traits, including aggressive and sociable¹⁰ dominance, narcissism, and self-esteem.

　　发表在《人格研究杂志》上的一项类似的研究中，研究人员调查了签名的大小和个性之间的关系，包括好斗和社会支配倾向，自恋和自尊。

　　The team analyzed¹¹ the signatures of 340 Uruguayan university students.

　　研究小组分析了340名乌拉圭大学生的签名。

　　This revealed ‘a significant link between signature size and sociable dominance, both for males and females, while narcissism was only in females significantly associated with signature size.’

　　研究显示了签名大小和社会支配倾向之间的显著联系（不论男女），而自恋只与女性的签名大小显著相关。

　　People who score higher in sociable dominance often like to be the center of attention, the researchers explained.

　　研究人员解释说，有社会支配倾向的人通常喜欢成为关注的焦点。

　　‘Given the positive association of signature size and sociable dominance, larger signatures could be interpreted as a signal of the inclination¹² to stand out and occupy a central position within a group,’ they wrote.

　　研究人员写道，“考虑到签名大小和社会支配倾向的正相关，更大的签名可以解释为，签名者倾向于在群体中引人注目，成为人们关注的焦点。”

　　And, signature size isn’t the only indication that a person might be a narcissist.

　　但签名大小不是暗示一个人自恋与否的唯一标志。

　　The use of extra lines or exclamation¹³ marks could be revealing as well, according to PsyBlog.

　　心理博客说道，使用额外的划线或感叹号也可以揭示自恋倾向。

　　‘We’ve looked for that silver lining¹⁴, and we haven’t found it,’ Dr Ham said, explaining that many people consider narcissism a ‘good trait’ and often link it to Steve Jobs.

　　哈姆博士解释说，很多人认为自恋是一个“好的特质”，并且经常把它与史蒂夫?乔布斯联系起来。他说，“我们也在寻找这种可能，然而并没有发现。”

　　‘We didn’t predict at first that signature size would be related only to the dark elements of narcissism. But that’s what we found.’

　　“我们一开始并没有想到，签名的大小只会与自恋特质中的阴暗面有关。但这就是我们的研究发现。”

1 narcissist   

n.自我陶醉者

参考例句：

• Don't get caught in the trap of always trying to please a narcissist. 不要让自己一直陷入讨好自恋者的困境中。 来自互联网

2 authoritative   

adj.有权威的，可相信的；命令式的；官方的

参考例句：

• David speaks in an authoritative tone.大卫以命令的口吻说话。
• Her smile was warm but authoritative.她的笑容很和蔼，同时又透着威严。

3 narcissism   

n.自我陶醉，自恋

参考例句：

• Those who suffer from narcissism become self-absorbed.自恋的人会变得自私。
• The collective narcissism of the Kerouac circle is ultimately boring.凯鲁亚克和他周围人物的集体自我陶醉欲最终使人厌烦不已。

4 analyzing   

v.分析；分析( analyze的现在分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析n.分析

参考例句：

• Analyzing the date of some socialist countries presents even greater problem s. 分析某些社会主义国家的统计数据，暴露出的问题甚至更大。 来自辞典例句
• He undoubtedly was not far off the mark in analyzing its predictions. 当然，他对其预测所作的分析倒也八九不离十。 来自辞典例句

5 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

6 authoritativeness   

[法]权威

参考例句：

• In the tourist zone, should emphasize the authoritativeness of planning. 在旅游区，应强调规划的权威性。
• Urgency, danger, authoritativeness, human itarianism and systematicness are the five basic characteristics of public crisis management. 公共危机管理具有紧迫性、危险性、权威性、人本性和系统性五个基本特征。

7 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

8 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

9 illegible   

adj.难以辨认的，字迹模糊的

参考例句：

• It is impossible to deliver this letter because the address is illegible.由于地址字迹不清，致使信件无法投递。
• Can you see what this note says—his writing is almost illegible!你能看出这个便条上写些什么吗？他的笔迹几乎无法辨认。

10 sociable   

adj.好交际的，友好的，合群的

参考例句：

• Roger is a very sociable person.罗杰是个非常好交际的人。
• Some children have more sociable personalities than others.有些孩子比其他孩子更善于交际。

11 analyzed   

v.分析( analyze的过去式和过去分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析

参考例句：

• The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed. 这年轻人没有分析自己蛊惑著迷的过程，因为对他来说，爱是个不可分析的迷。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 inclination   

n.倾斜；点头；弯腰；斜坡；倾度；倾向；爱好

参考例句：

• She greeted us with a slight inclination of the head.她微微点头向我们致意。
• I did not feel the slightest inclination to hurry.我没有丝毫着急的意思。

13 exclamation   

n.感叹号，惊呼，惊叹词

参考例句：

• He could not restrain an exclamation of approval.他禁不住喝一声采。
• The author used three exclamation marks at the end of the last sentence to wake up the readers.作者在文章的最后一句连用了三个惊叹号，以引起读者的注意。

14 lining   

n.衬里，衬料

参考例句：

• The lining of my coat is torn.我的外套衬里破了。
• Moss makes an attractive lining to wire baskets.用苔藓垫在铁丝篮里很漂亮。