Now a pink slip, a bad diagnosis, or a disappearing spouse can reduce a family from solidly middle class to newly poor in a few months.

如今，一份解雇通知书、一个不利的诊断结果或者配偶的去世都可能在几个之内将一个家庭从稳定的中产阶层家庭降格成为一个新贫困家庭。

Reasons for this ranged from inheritance disputes to hostility between spouses.

产生这一现象的原因从继承纠纷到配偶间的敌意都有。

I want to share it with my spouse.

我想和我的爱人一起。

I now pronounce you spouses for life.

现在宣布你们为此生眷侣。

Researchers developed a computer algorithm to gauge relationships between spouses based on their vocal patterns.

研究人员研发出一种计算机算法，依据声音模式来衡量妻之间的关系。

If I had to distill everything I've learned over the years as a patient, spouse, parent, and medical reporter into one lesson, it's this: Trust but verify.

如果把我多年来作为病人、配偶、父母和医学记者所学到的一切浓缩成一个经验，那就是：信任但要验证。

Feeling like roommates with your spouse, and you're fine?

与你的配偶感觉像室友，你挺好？

If you want to trick your spouse into thinking you were doing yard work.

假使你想骗过你的另一半，让他以为你去院子里工作了。

Gay Americans cannot sponsor a foreign spouse for U.S. residency and eventual citizenship.

美国同性恋者不能为外国配偶申请美国居住权及最终的美国国籍。

Well, the researchers assert that it's important to address each person's underlying cause of loneliness, whether it's the death of a spouse, medical problems, or social expectations that haven't been fulfilled.

研究人员断言，解决每个人孤独的根本原因很重要，无论是配偶的死亡、医疗问还是尚未实现的社会期望。

Maybe you'll find it in a spouse.

也许那个人就是你的另一半。

Were we supposed to bring our spouses?

我们可以带配偶来的吗？

To flex your entrepreneurial muscles, consider an average day and everything in it that might make someone unhappy, from losing the house keys, to finding the food a little greasy, to arguing yet again with their spouse.

为锻炼你创业的敏感度，思考一下平凡的一天和其中可能使人不愉快的事，从遗失家里钥匙、吃到油腻的食物到和配偶之间始终不断的争吵等。

Taunting the psychotic spouse, I realized, was not a wise move.

我感觉，跟神经质的配偶争执一定是不明智的。

But since an " only" tends to be a well-adjusted individual, she'll eventually learn to relate to any chosen spouse.

但独生子女的适应能力一般都比较强，因此他们最终能适应自己的伴侣。

After all, you can have anything you want: an expensive car, the perfect spouse, a giant mansion, and six pack abs.

毕竟，你可以拥有任何你想要的东西：昂贵的汽车、完美的配偶、巨大的豪宅和六块腹肌。

" Gender norms and social expectations about caregiving may make it more difficult for men to provide care to sick spouses, " Karraker said.

“在照顾别人方面的性别常态和社会期待让男人很难为患病的配偶提供照顾，” 卡拉克表示。

Since women are likely to be the ones left without a partner in old age, they may therefore have to pay for nursing care, because they don't have a spouse to look after them.

既然女人在老年更可能失去配偶独自一人的生活，那么她们就会因为没有伴侣的照顾而花护理费。

Once they know 300 of your likes, big data knows you better than your spouse and it can accurately pick your political party 85 percent of the time.

一旦他们知道你喜欢的300件事，大数据就会比你的配偶更了解你，而且它能准确地选出你更喜欢的政党。

Express gratitude for what your spouse does for you.

对另一半的付出表达感激。