Many women whose fathers left home unconsciously expect to be betrayed by their own mates.

许多父亲弃家出走的妇女会在无意中料想她们会被自己的配偶所背叛。

If you're a busy person, looking to meet several potential mates at the same event, speed dating could be for you.

如果你是个忙人，想在同一场合与几位可能成为自己伴侣的人见面，那么快速交友也许会适合你。

Fireflies use their light for attracting mates.

萤火虫用它们的光来吸引配偶。

Recent research had shown that fish recognised individual "shoal mates", social prestige and even tracked relationships.

最近的研究表明鱼可以识别各自的“鱼群伙伴”、社会威望，甚至相关的人际关系。

The Western ren'ai kekkon, or love marriage, became popular; Japanese began picking their own mates by dating and falling in love.

西方的婚恋变得流行起来；日本人开始通过约会和恋爱来选择自己的伴侣。

Studies of several animal species have shown that when choosing mates, females prefer males with brighter carotenoid-based coloration.

对几种动物的研究表明，在选择配偶时，雌性更喜欢鲜艳的类胡萝卜素着色的雄性。

Meerkat babies may be the most adorable creatures in southern Africa, but their colony mates manage to stop spoiling them after only a few months.

獴幼崽大概是南部非洲最可爱的生物了，但是，獴群落的配偶设法在仅仅几个月之后停止宠坏它们。

He's out boozing with his mates.

他和他的朋友们喝酒去了。

They've been best mates since school.

他们从上学时期以来就是最要好的朋友。

The males guard their mates zealously.

雄性动物热情地守护它们的交配对象。

Steve and I became soul mates, near-constant companions.

我和史蒂夫成为了知音和形影不离的伙伴。

Thank you, mates, one and all.

谢谢你们，伙计们。

Their study was conducted in the prairie vole, a small rodent that mates for life.

他们的研究对象是草原田鼠，一种终生交配的小型啮齿动物。

Julia Gillard pronounced Australia and America great mates, but by the standards of a world-transforming president with a Nobel prize, the trip was a flop.

朱莉娅·吉拉德称澳大利亚和美国是挚友，但是作为诺贝尔和平奖得奖者，以有改变世界的能力这一标准来衡量，这次出国访问完全失败了。

Whereas now, as I near the end of my fourth decade, I realize work can be fully functional and entirely fulfilling without needing to be best mates with the people sitting next to you.

然而现在，当我快满四十岁时，我意识到：即使坐在你旁边的人和你不是最好的朋友，你也可以正常完成工作并把它做得令人满意。

Soul mates are made, not found.

灵魂伴侣是形成的而不是找到的。

His two room mates share a bunk bed.

他的两位室友公用一张双层床。

We should not hunt our mates, but rather lure them.

我们不应该追猎伴侣，而应该诱捕他们。

Your mate still believes in magic and soul-mates.

你的配偶依然相信魔法和红颜知己。

Your colorful conversation may attract new mates.

有趣的谈话可能会给你带来新的朋友。

In their quest for mates, some guppy males are show-offs.

一些雄性的孔雀鱼在追求伴侣时更注重外表。

These actions invariably breed resentment from our mates.

这些行为对我们的伴侣总是孕育着愤恨。

Your work mates, your hairdresser, your close friend?

你的同事、你的理发师还有你的密友？

My mates wouldn't believe me till they saw the pictures.

我的同伴也不会相信我，直到他们看到照片。

Make sure that new mates live up to your high standards.

确保新的同事可以达到你的高标准。

I like helping my team-mates score, it is also part of my job.

我喜欢帮助我的队友们得分，这也是我职责的一部分。

We both show activity in the ventral pallidum when regarding our mates.

在想到我们的配偶时，我们的腹侧苍白球区都有明显的活动。

What a perfect chance to ask Cute Girl out, my dorm mates reasoned.

室友怂恿我，这是一个多好的机会约可爱女孩出来啊。

Plato, an ancient Greek philosopher, originated the theory of soul mates.

柏拉图，一位古希腊哲学家，创立了有关灵魂的伴侣的学说。