Yet it is a one-sided monogamy they seek.

然而，他的是单方面的夫妻制。

Today, monogamy is one person at a time.

而现在指的是“每次”。

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

实际上夫妻制已经与爱情无关。

Well, you know, monogamy can be a tricky concept.

你知道吗 夫妻的概念确实值得商榷。

And you can think of vasopressin as the monogamy hormone.

你可以把后叶加压素当做使人倾向于选择单配偶的荷尔蒙。

And again this is surprising because they've evolved monogamy independently.

“同样令人惊讶，因为它独立进化出了夫妻制。

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

种强迫参与者遵守不健康的夫妻制的违背常理的协定。

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

百万年来，我形成了伴侣关系，结合或夫妻制。

One thing is clear: among all the species on Earth, monogamy is rare, and sexual monogamy is rarer.

夫妻极为少见 不偷吃的夫妻更罕见不过 至少还有赤胆忠心的例子。

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

母亲，夫妻制，讲恋爱。喷泉喷得很高；喷泉撒着野，飘着水沫。

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

夫妻制在动物界——老实说在人类中也如此——是件有趣的事。

Well, y'know, monogamy can be a, uh, tricky concept. I mean, anthropologically speaking Fine. Now you'll never know.

恩，你知道，夫妻制值得商榷。就人类学的观点而言… 行… 是你的损失。

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

“我能在其中每世系中找到独立进化出夫妻制的物种。”

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

所以我将夫妻制定义为种持久的伴侣关系或配偶之间的社会关系。

We call this " social monogamy." (Laughter) And the mechanism responsible?

我称之为“社会夫妻制”。（笑声） 负责的机制是什么？

My lover and I have a kind of 90's monogamy.

我和我的爱人有种 90 年代的夫妻制。

My lover and l have a kind of 90's monogamy.

我的伴侣跟我维持 九十年代的夫妻制关系。

Either way, monogamy is actually pretty rare among mammals.

无论哪种方式， 夫妻制在哺乳动物中实际上是非常罕见的。

Monogamy limits one man to one wife and vice-versa.

夫妻制将男人限制为妻子，反之亦然。

Heterosexual monogamy is certainly not nature's status quo.

异性夫妻制当然不是自然的现状。