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Most young women in China would prefer to date men 10 years older than themselves, a nationwide survey has found.
在中國大部分年輕女性更愿意與比自己大10歲的男人約會，一個全國性調查發現。
They told researchers they preferred older men because they were more attractive, wealthier and better able to take care of them.
她們告訴研究人員，她們更喜歡年長的男人，因為他們更有魅力、富有且能更好地照顧她們。
According to the survey of 98,000 men and women across the country, 70 percent of women aged between 18 and 25 preferred older men. Of those, about 64 percent were hoping to have older boyfriends, 17 percent had dated older men and the rest expressed a preference for older men over men their own age.
根據對全國范圍內98000名男女的調查，70%年齡在18歲到25歲的女性首選老男人。這其中，大約有64%的人希望能有年長的男朋友，17%與年長的男人約會過，其余也表示與自己年齡相仿的男性相比更偏愛年長的男性。
However, the women were concerned that such relationships might not please their parents and that an older man might have a family already or could be too mature for them to handle.
然而，女性擔心這樣的關系可能會讓父母不悅，一位年長男人可能已有家室或可能對她們來說太成熟而無法駕馭。
According to the survey, published by the Training and Communication Center of the National Population and Family planning Commission, together with Beijing-based wedding website jiayuan.com, the country has 249 million unmarried adults.
根據調查結果，由國家人口和計劃生育委員會的培訓和交流中心連同北京婚戀網站佳緣網發布，這個國家有2.49億未婚成年人。
A nationwide census report in November 2010 showed that nearly 12 million men aged 30 to 39 were single and hoping to marry younger women.
2010年11月全國人口普查報告顯示，近1200萬年齡在30歲到39歲的男人是單身，希望與年輕女性結婚。
The survey also found that both men and women were becoming more open-minded about sex with virginity unimportant in a future spouse.
調查還發現男人和女人對性都變得更加開放以及未來配偶關系中處女處男已無關緊要。
Some 84 percent of men and 73 percent of women said they didn't care whether their future spouse was a virgin or not.
大約有84%的男性和73%的女性說他們不關心他們未來的配偶是否是處女或處男。
But when it came to living together, 86 percent of men were happy with idea of living together before marriage, compared to 36 percent of women.
但涉及到同居時，相比36%的女性有86%的男性對婚前同居的想法很高興。
