草原田鼠作为一种社会性生物，它是仅存3%的“一夫一妻制”哺乳动物中的一类。
The prairie vole is a sociable creature, one of the only 3% of mammal species that appear to form monogamous relationships.
Trivers-Willard 假说提出：贫穷的母亲更容易生女孩。我们将其应用到一个研究母亲状况的新方法中—即在一夫多妻制家庭中妻子的地位。
We apply the Trivers-Willard prediction - that mothers in poor condition will overproduce daughters - to a novel measure of condition, namely wife rank within a polygynous marriage.
我们对一夫一妻制的理解主要来自鸟类而非哺乳类。
Our understanding of monogamy draws heavily on birds rather than mammals.
中国古代婚姻制度经历了杂婚制、群婚制、对偶婚制、父权制一夫多妻制的历史变迁。
Chinese ancient marriage system had come through the historical changes form miscegenation, communal marriage, allelomorph marriage to plural marriage of patriarchy.
显然哺乳动物的一夫一妻制天性很薄弱。
他断言，在当今社会，人们无法以传统作为实行一夫多妻制或是裹小脚的理由，同理，那些仅仅靠传统为论据是论证是站不住脚的。
And he maintains that arguments which lean on tradition alone are inadequate, for the same reason that tradition cannot, nowadays, justify polygamy or footbinding.
在19个一夫多妻制物种样本中，16个物种的雄性中，各个年龄阶段的样本在给定的时间段中都比雌性更易死亡。
In 16 of the 19 polygynous species in their sample, males of all ages were much more likely to die during any given period than were females.
垂体后叶加压素，一种抗利尿激素，又是一种与一夫一妻制的长久关系形成有关的化学物质（见“钟情者只有我们吗？”）
Vasopressin, an antidiuretic hormone, is another chemical that has been associated with the formation of long-term, monogamous relationships (see "Are We Alone in Love?").
一夫多妻制并不会创造额外的老婆，只会改变婚配机制。
Polygamy does not create extra wives - it just changes the dynamics of who marries whom.
同时它们是一夫一妻制的，父母双方都需要花费大量的时间用来寻找食物，这就使得它们没时间去进行花哨的求爱行为。
They're monogamous, and both parents need to spend most of their time foraging. This means less time for elaborate courtship behavior.
根据我们对古代最文明﹑最发达的民族所能作的考察，一夫一妻制的起源就是如此。
This is the origin of monogamy as far as we can trace it back among the most civilized and highly developed people of antiquity.
从纯进化论的角度来说，一夫一妻制的人，其基因在下一代中被复制的次数更少。
From a purely evolutionary point of view, the guy who's monogamous will have fewer copies of his genes in the next generation than a guy who's not.
有一种理论认为，两足动物的进化与核心家庭有关：一夫一妻制的父母合作照顾他们的后代。
One theory is that bipedality evolved in conjunction with the nuclear family: monogamous parents cooperating to care for their offspring.
法国认为一夫多妻制是“对男女平等原则的严重违反”。
France considers polygamy "a grave infringement of the principle of equality between men and women".
孔子的“孝道”，不仅是宗法社会制度的反映，也是一夫一妻制家庭中父母与子女血缘关系的反映。
Confucius' filial piety was the reflection of both the patriarchal clan social system and the blood tie between parents and children in monogamous families.
这些类似老鼠的生物是哺乳动物中少数（不到5%）有人类一般的一夫一妻制倾向的动物之一。
These mouselike creatures are among the small minority of mammals — less than 5 percent — who share humans’ propensity for monogamy.
这些类似老鼠的生物是哺乳动物中少数(不到5%)有人类一般的一夫一妻制倾向的动物之一。
These mouselike creatures are among the small minority of mammals - less than 5 percent - who share humans' propensity for monogamy.
不像其他的鱼类，它们是一夫一妻制并终生厮守。
Unlike most other fish, they are monogamous and mate for life.
而一夫一妻制物种中的雄性则没有出现这种情况。
她全心全意，百分之百的相信一夫一妻制。
She believes, with all her heart, in monogamy - 100% conviction.
蜥蜴界的一夫一妻制很少见，但是这些糙背蜥蜴是例外。
Monogamy is pretty rare among lizards, but these skinks are the exception.
一夫一妻制对鸟类来说十分普遍，但最出名的要数天鹅了。
Monogamy is surprisingly common for birds, but swans are one of the most famous examples.
但是一夫一妻制的家庭又有不同种类。
Within the monogamic family there are, however, many varieties.
在哺乳动物中，它的与众不同之处在于它既是群居性的，也实行一夫一妻制。
What makes it unusual among mammals is that it is both sociable and monogamous.
但没有一个圣托马斯的追随者会因此就不相信终身一夫一妻制，因为真正的信仰的基础并不在于所说的那些理由。
But no follower of Saint Thomas would, on that account, cease to believe in lifelong monogamy, because the real grounds of belief are not those which are alleged.
但没有一个圣托马斯的追随者会因此就不相信终身一夫一妻制，因为真正的信仰的基础并不在于所说的那些理由。
But no follower of Saint Thomas would, on that account, cease to believe in lifelong monogamy, because the real grounds of belief are not those which are alleged.
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