Family or community members are often involved in the selection of a suitable mate.

在为子女选择配偶时，家庭和社区的成员也常常参与其中。

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The need to identify a suitable mate is such a strong biological urge that the animal kingdom has spawned a bewildering array of courtship rituals.

在动物王国，动物们需要找到合适的伴侣，这种强烈的生物本能使它们创造了许多求偶仪式，让人眼花缭乱。

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Whale researchers don't know why she made her unusual marathon journey. She may have been following a prey source, looking for a suitable mate, or simply following the currents.

研究鲸鱼的专家也不清楚这头母鲸为何要进行这次不同寻常的马拉松，可能只是为了食物源，或者是为了寻找合适的伴侣，也可能仅仅是随洋流而动。

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But he still has to find a suitable female running-mate from a neighbouring constituency, if he is to switch as he plans from Westminster to the Edinburgh parliament.

ECONOMIST: Scottish politics