Sometimes it feels like everyone you know is either coupling up or breaking up all at the same time - and new research suggests that when it comes to divorce, at least, there really is a seasonal pattern couples tend to follow.
有時(shí)候好像你認(rèn)識(shí)的每個(gè)人幾乎都在同一時(shí)間戀愛或者分手了——新的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，當(dāng)談到離婚的時(shí)候，至少，情侶們真的趨向遵循一個(gè)季節(jié)性規(guī)律。

After analysing all of the divorces filed in the US state of Washington between 2001 and 2015, researchers have shown that there are two months every year when divorce spikes - March and August.
研究人員們分析了2001年至2015年期間美國華盛頓州的離婚數(shù)據(jù)之后，發(fā)現(xiàn)每年3月和8月是離婚高峰期。

The researchers from the University of Washington say this is the first quantitative evidence of biannual patterns for divorce filing, and suggest that the peaks might be a sign of divorce following a "calendar ritual", where couples want to stay together for the Christmas and summer holidays before making their decision.
來自華盛頓大學(xué)的研究人員們表示這是第一個(gè)有定量證據(jù)表明一年期間離婚有兩個(gè)高峰期的研究，該研究表明這些高峰期也許是人們遵循“日歷儀式”之后的結(jié)果，夫妻們想要在圣誕節(jié)和暑假期間待在一起，隨后才會(huì)做決定。

"People tend to face the holidays with rising expectations, despite what disappointments they might have had in years past," said one of the researchers, Julie Brines.
其中一個(gè)研究員朱莉·布萊恩斯說：“盡管一年內(nèi)累積了不少埋怨，但在面對(duì)假期時(shí)往往傾向抱有較高的期待?！?/div>

"They represent periods in the year when there's the anticipation or the opportunity for a new beginning, a new start, something different, a transition into a new period of life. In a sense. They're very symbolically charged moments in time for the culture."
“這兩個(gè)高峰期代表著人們對(duì)全新開始的期待和機(jī)會(huì)，一個(gè)不同的新開始，一個(gè)進(jìn)入生活的新時(shí)期。從某種程度上來說，離婚象征性地給身處美國文化中的人們的生活重新注入了能量。”

The team presented their research on Sunday at the 111th American Sociological Association annual meeting in Seattle, but their findings have yet to be peer-reviewed, so the pattern needs to be independently verified before we can take it too seriously.
這一研究結(jié)果于8月21日周日在西雅圖每年召開的第111屆美國社會(huì)學(xué)會(huì)研討會(huì)上公布。但是他們的研究結(jié)果還需等待同行的審議，因此在這個(gè)說法驗(yàn)證成立之前我們不要太當(dāng)真。

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