"There's something about the characteristics of people who wait before sex that is linked to higher-quality relationships," said sociology professor Anthony Paik of the University of Iowa.

艾奧瓦大學(xué)的社會(huì)學(xué)教授安東尼 帕伊克說(shuō)：“在發(fā)生性關(guān)系前耐心等待的人有一些特點(diǎn)，這些特點(diǎn)與高質(zhì)量的戀愛(ài)關(guān)系有關(guān)。”

Paik, who reported the findings in the journal Social Science Research, said the research suggests that the courtship process acts as a screening mechanism.

這一在《社會(huì)科學(xué)研究》期刊上發(fā)表的研究結(jié)果稱，該研究表明求愛(ài)的過(guò)程發(fā)揮了篩選機(jī)制的作用。

"The debate is 'why can't we have sex now?' The expectation is that sex should occur very quickly. But doing so, you're losing out onsome information that might be useful," he explained in an interview.

他在一個(gè)采訪中解釋說(shuō)：“問(wèn)題的焦點(diǎn)是‘為什么我們現(xiàn)在不能做愛(ài)？’。人們期望性行為會(huì)很快發(fā)生。但如果這么做，你就失去了一些可能有用的信息。”