最新公布的调查数据显示,2008年到2016年间,美国离婚率下降了18%。
这本是一个好消息,但有专家指出,这是千禧一代晚婚甚至不婚导致的。
如今,人们总是责怪千禧一代限制了太多领域的发展,包括各种产业和传统习俗等。
对此,社交媒体用户们纷纷在网络上表达了自己的看法。
根据皮尤研究中心的数据,千禧一代指的是出生于1981年到1996年间的人,如今年龄在22岁到37岁。
谈到对离婚率下降的影响,千禧一代选择幽默地回应这一新闻。
有人说:“典型的千禧一代对稳定婚姻关系的承诺,毁掉了另一个神圣的制度(离婚)。
也有人嘲讽地说:“千禧一代毁掉了离婚?
接下来还要毁掉什么?
消除贫困?
”科恩教授说,首先,离婚率下降很大程度上是因为年轻人结婚更晚。
如今在人们结婚时,他们已经把教育、事业和财务状况都理顺了。
晚婚也表明千禧一代更挑剔,在找到一生的伴侣之前的恋爱时间更长。
另外,对一些人来说,离婚这一选择看上去成本太高了,这些都是导致离婚率下降的原因。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 新 | xīn | new; newly |
| 公布 | gōng bù | to announce; to make public; to publish |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 调查 | diào chá | investigation / inquiry / survey / (opinion) poll |
| 数据 | shù jù | data |
| 显示 | xiǎn shì | to show / to illustrate / to display / to demonstrate |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 间 | jiān | between / among / within a definite time or space |
| 美国 | Měi guó | United States; USA; US |
| 离婚 | lí hūn | to divorce |
| 率 | lǜ | (bound form) ratio; rate; proportion |
| 下降 | xià jiàng | to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 本 | běn | originally; initially |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 消息 | xiāo xi | (piece of) news; information / message |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 专家 | zhuān jiā | expert; specialist |
| 指 | zhǐ | to point at or to / to indicate or refer to |
| 出 | chū | (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) |
| 千禧一代 | Qiān xǐ Yī dài | Generation Y / Millennial Generation |
| 晚 | wǎn | late |
| 婚 | hūn | to marry / to take a wife |
| 甚至 | shèn zhì | even; so much so that |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 导致 | dǎo zhì | to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about |
| 如今 | rú jīn | nowadays; now |
| 人们 | rén men | people |
| 总是 | zǒng shì | always |
| 责怪 | zé guài | to blame / to rebuke |
| 限制 | xiàn zhì | to restrict / to limit / to confine |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 多 | duō | too many; in excess |
| 领域 | lǐng yù | domain; sphere; field; territory; area |
| 发展 | fā zhǎn | development / growth |
| 包括 | bāo kuò | to comprise / to include / to involve / to incorporate / to consist of |
| 各种 | gè zhǒng | every kind of; all kinds of; various |
| 产业 | chǎn yè | industry / industrial |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 传统 | chuán tǒng | traditional / conventional |
| 习俗 | xí sú | custom / tradition / local tradition / convention |
| 等 | děng | and so on; etc.; et al. / (used to end an enumeration) |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 此 | cǐ | this; these |
| 社交 | shè jiāo | interaction / social contact |
| 媒体 | méi tǐ | media, esp. news media |
| 用户 | yòng hù | user / consumer / subscriber / customer |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 纷纷 | fēn fēn | one after another / in succession / one by one / continuously / in profusion / pell-mell |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 网络 | Wǎng luò | Internet |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 表达 | biǎo dá | to express; to convey |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 看法 | kàn fǎ | way of looking at a thing / view / opinion |
| 根据 | gēn jù | according to / based on |
| 皮尤 | Pí yóu | Pew; as in the Pew Research Center. |
| 研究 | yán jiū | research / a study |
| 中心 | zhōng xīn | center; heart; core |
| 出生 | chū shēng | to be born |
| 于 | yú | (of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 年龄 | nián líng | (a person's) age |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 谈 | tán | to speak / to talk / to converse / to chat / to discuss |
| 影响 | yǐng xiǎng | influence / effect |
| 选择 | xuǎn zé | to select; to pick |
| 幽默 | yōu mò | humorous |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 回应 | huí yìng | to respond |
| 新闻 | xīn wén | news |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone / people / anyone |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 典型 | diǎn xíng | typical / representative |
| 稳定 | wěn dìng | steady / stable |
| 婚姻 | hūn yīn | marriage; matrimony |
| 关系 | guān xì | relation / relationship / guanxi |
| 承诺 | chéng nuò | commitment |
| 毁掉 | huǐ diào | to destroy |
| 另 | lìng | other / another / separate |
| 神圣 | shén shèng | divine / hallow / holy / sacred |
| 制度 | zhì dù | system / institution |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 嘲讽 | cháo fěng | to sneer at / to ridicule / to taunt |
| 接下来 | jiē xià lái | next / following |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 消除 | xiāo chú | to eliminate / to remove |
| 贫困 | pín kùn | poverty |
| 科恩 | Kē ēn | Cohen (name) |
| 教授 | jiào shòu | professor |
| 首先 | shǒu xiān | first of all; in the first place |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 程度 | chéng dù | degree; level; extent |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 年轻 | nián qīng | young |
| 结婚 | jié hūn | to marry; to get married |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 时 | shí | when |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 教育 | jiào yù | education |
| 事业 | shì yè | undertaking / project / activity / (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause / publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation / career / occupation |
| 财务 | cái wù | financial affairs; finance |
| 状况 | zhuàng kuàng | condition; state; situation |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 理顺 | lǐ shùn | to straighten out / to sort out / to organize |
| 表明 | biǎo míng | to make clear / to make known / to state clearly / to indicate |
| 挑剔 | tiāo ti | picky / fussy |
| 找 | zhǎo | to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek |
| 一生 | yī shēng | all one's life; throughout one's life |
| 伴侣 | bàn lǚ | companion / mate / partner |
| 之 | zhī | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) |
| 前 | qián | ago / before / BC / former / formerly |
| 恋爱 | liàn ài | (romantic) love |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 长 | cháng | long |
| 另外 | lìng wài | in addition / besides / moreover / furthermore |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 来 | lái | (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) |
| 看 | kàn | to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for |
| 上去 | shàng qù | to go up |
| 成本 | chéng běn | (manufacturing, production etc) costs |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 些 | xiē | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several |
| 原因 | yuán yīn | cause / origin / root cause / reason |