Mother-in-law syndrome 岳母综合征

时间：2013-03-07 05:17:19

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"Mother-in-law syndrome¹" is the idea that Chinese mothers-in-law are driving up the price of real estate by refusing to allow their daughters to marry men who are not homeowners.

“岳母综合征”指有人认为中国的岳母们是房地产价格不断攀升的背后动力，因为她们不允许自己的女儿嫁给没有房的男人。

Men are pouring all their savings² in real estate market as a means of improving their chances of finding Mrs. Right, or any Mrs. for that matter.

男人们将所有的积蓄都投入房地产市场，希望以此提高自己找到另一半的几率。

A study shows that 30 to 48 percent (or $8 trillion worth) of the real estate appreciation³ in 35 major Chinese cities is directly correlated with China's sex-ratio imbalance and a man's need to acquire wealth (property) in order to attract a wife.

有研究显示，35个中国主要城市的房地产价值增幅中有30%到48%（价值80亿美元）与中国的性别比例失衡以及男性为寻求伴侣而产生的购房需求直接相关。

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1 syndrome
n.综合病症；并存特性
参考例句：
The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。 Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。

2 savings
n.存款，储蓄
参考例句：
I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。 By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。

3 appreciation
n.评价；欣赏；感谢；领会，理解；价格上涨
参考例句：
I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。 I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。