Traditional marriage has evolved from a near-universal ritual to a luxury for the educated and affluent.

传统婚姻已经从一种近乎普遍的仪式演变为受过良好教育和富裕阶层的奢侈品。

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Combine these higher thought processes with our hardwired danger-detection systems, and you get a near-universal human phenomenon: worry.

把这些高级思维过程与我们硬连线的风险探测系统结合起来，你就会得到一个几乎普遍的人类现象：担忧。

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This near-universal recognition sinks the notion that it's a cultural construct.

这个近乎普遍的认识弱化了一个概念，那就是青春期是一种文化构建的产物。

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But Obamacare provides near-universal coverage to Americans below 400 percent of the federal poverty level.

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But many different models can rise from a foundation of universal (or near-universal) coverage.

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Their worries might not make sense to those promising universal, or near-universal, access in Washington.

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