翻譯新新人類，新新詞匯：Starter Marriage起步婚姻

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Starter Marriage: 起步婚姻；短暫初婚

Definition 英文解釋

A first marriage that lasts only a short time and that ends in a clean (i.e., no kids, no property, no acrimony) divorce.

Example 精彩例句

The past ten years has seen a surge in what are now called 'starter' marriages, as ephemeral as spring.

Marriage and family experts ― psychologists, sociologists, lawyers and clergy ― are beginning to look at these brief young unions, seeing in their implications a barometer of society's attitudes about marriage and divorce. Some say starter marriages signal the need for more premarital counseling.

周玉亮點評： Starter Marrige （起步婚姻）有點像“新手上路，敬請關炤”的意思。曾經有一句流行歌詞：不是我不明白，這世界變化太快。隨著社會進步與經濟發展，女性擁有與男性同等的接受教育和職場發展的條件和機會。噹男女都有獨立的物質基礎和獨立的精神世界的時候，傳統婚姻裏那種物質與精神的相互依存不再重要，離婚就會變得相對更容易。於是就有越來越多的人“新手上路”然後中途換車。短暫持續的第一段婚姻以和平方式結束：沒有孩子，沒有財產分割，沒有惡言相向互相攻擊。