时差N小时 什么事情这么好笑?(下)

Well, Don, research has also found that women tend to laugh a good deal more than men.

哦，唐，研究还发现女人比男人发笑的次数更多。

And male speakers tend to elicit¹ more laughter than female speakers.

而男性演说家比女性更倾向于逗人发笑。

Also, laughter may very well be a sign of power dynamics² between people, signaling dominance and submission³, acceptance and rejection⁴.

笑容是人们之间一个非常好的权力演变信号，代表支配和屈服，接受和拒绝。

Certainly, that seems to be the case when someone is laughing at you rather than with you.

当然，这似乎出现在当别人嘲笑你而不是和你一起笑的情况下。

1 elicit   

v.引出,抽出,引起

参考例句：

• It was designed to elicit the best thinking within the government. 机构的设置是为了在政府内部集思广益。
• Don't try to elicit business secrets from me. I won't tell you anything. 你休想从我这里套问出我们的商业机密, 我什么都不会告诉你的。

2 dynamics   

n.力学，动力学，动力，原动力；动态

参考例句：

• In order to succeed,you must master complicated knowledge of dynamics.要取得胜利，你必须掌握很复杂的动力学知识。
• Dynamics is a discipline that cannot be mastered without extensive practice.动力学是一门不做大量习题就不能掌握的学科。

3 submission   

n.服从，投降；温顺，谦虚；提出

参考例句：

• The defeated general showed his submission by giving up his sword.战败将军缴剑表示投降。
• No enemy can frighten us into submission.任何敌人的恐吓都不能使我们屈服。

4 rejection   

n.拒绝，被拒，抛弃，被弃

参考例句：

• He decided not to approach her for fear of rejection.他因怕遭拒绝决定不再去找她。
• The rejection plunged her into the dark depths of despair.遭到拒绝使她陷入了绝望的深渊。