I'm not even monogamous with the people I'm monogamous with.

我跟我该一夫一妻的人 都不是一夫一妻制了。

The fact is that monogamy had nothing to do with love.

实际上一夫一妻制已经与爱情无关。

Unlike most animals, it seems that they're relatively monogamous, returning to the same partner year after year.

不像大多数动物一，看起来更像是一夫一妻制，每年都会回到相同的伴侣那里。

To understand this predisposition for monogamy, he takes readers through the myriad feelings of love, from the heady, breathless exhilaration of falling, to the stubborn persistence of familial affection, to the bitterness of betrayal.

为了理解一夫一妻制的偏向，邓巴博士带领读者体味了爱的各种感觉，从初坠爱河时忘乎所以，呼吸困难的兴奋，到义无反顾地维持家庭关系，再到遭到背叛时的心如刀割。

Yet it is a one-sided monogamy they seek.

然而，他寻的是单方面的一夫一妻制。

For millions of years we have formed partnerships, pair bonding, or monogamy.

百万年来，我形成了伴侣关系，结合或一夫一妻制。

Monogamy in animals… and let's be honest, in humans too… is a funny thing.

一夫一妻制在动物界——老实说在人类中也如此——是件有趣的事。

An unnatural arrangement which forces its participants into an unhealthy monogamy.

一种强迫参与者遵守不健康的一夫一妻制的违背常理的协定。

If there are difficulties around your sex life remember this — in a committed monogamous relationship you're the only other person who can give that to your partner.

如果你的性生活有困难，请记住这一点——在一段忠诚的一夫一妻制关系中，你是唯一能给你的伴侣性生活的人。

It may be that tropical birds, which face more intense competition for food and nesting sites than temperate ones do because the tropics have more species, form more stable and collaborative pair-bonds than do temperate birds.

这可能是热带鸟类形成了更稳定更协作的一夫一妻制，因为热带有更多物种，热带鸟类比温带鸟类存在更激烈的食物竞争和巢穴竞争。

Only about 3% of mammals are monogamous, and, although 95% of birds pair off (at least for one breeding season) , paternity tests have revealed that the avian world is chock-full of cheaters.

只有大约 3% 的哺乳动物是一夫一妻制，虽然 95% 的鸟类都是成成对的（至少在一个繁殖季节内），但亲子鉴定显示，鸟类世界充满了骗子。

In particular, he is interested in why humans have developed such an affinity for “pairbonding”, despite the fact that strictly monogamous mating and rearing systems are not terribly advantageous in evolutionary terms.

邓巴博士尤为感兴趣的是，虽然就进化角度而言，严格的一夫一妻制及养育制并不占多大优势，但为何人类还如此热衷于“培养两个人的情侣关系”。

And I think we are still, you know, our age group, we still have the ghost of our parents' generation, which was fairly standardized, formalized idea of monogamy.

我认为我仍然是，你知道，在我这个年龄段，我仍然有我父母那一代的影子，那是相当标准化、正式的一夫一妻制观念。

A master-bedroom painting declares I Love Us. Deanna knows people may wonder why she's revealing her bisexuality when she and Chris have a monogamous commitment.

一幅主卧室的油画上写着“我爱我”。迪安娜知道，人可能会好奇，当她和克里斯承诺一夫一妻制时，她为什么要暴露自己的性恋身份。

Mother, monogamy, romance. High spurts the fountain; fierce and foamy the wild jet.

母亲，一夫一妻制，讲恋爱。喷泉喷得很高；喷泉撒着野，飘着水沫。

And few men -- even the nicest, finest, and most monogamously faithful and loving -- have such willpower.

而很少有男人，即便是最体贴，最优秀，最忠诚拥护一夫一妻制的人拥有这的意志力。

So I would define monogamy as a formation of a lasting partnership or a social relationship between mates.

所以我将一夫一妻制定义为一种持久的伴侣关系或配偶之间的社会关系。

And we were able to find species that had independently evolved monogamy in each of these lineages.

“我能在其中每个世系中找到独立进化出一夫一妻制的物种。”

Things like monogamy, or faith and morality, or questions like, are we going to have kids?

比如一夫一妻制，或者是忠诚和道德，或者是一些问题，比如说我将来会要孩子吗？

Another suggestion's based on the observation that male lizards in monogamous relationships tend to be bigger and stronger than other males.

另一个想法是基于一夫一妻制的雄性蜥蜴比其他的雄性更大、更强壮的观察。