If you believe that you have found true romance, and your culture tells you that this is what a long-term relationship should be based on, there is less need to rely on social or family pressures to keep couples together, O'Sullivan argues.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Rather, with incomes decreasing and insecure jobs, unhappy couples often couldn't afford to divorce.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

Today, given the job losses of the past year, fewer unhappy couples will risk starting separate households, Furthermore, the housing market meltdown will make it more difficult for them to finance their separations by selling their homes

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

Today's economic crisis could well generate a similar number of couples whose relationships have been irreparably(无法弥补地)ruined.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

In the Great Depression many unhappy couples close to stick together because

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

What stands in the way of unhappy couples getting a divorce?

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

What will the current economic crisis eventually do to some married couples

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

Few couples can stand the test of economic hardships

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

What's less clear is whether divorce and separation rates rise in a recession - financial pressures mean couples argue more but make splitting up less affordable.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

A recent research shows arguments about money were especially damaging to couples

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

The biggest problem is that couples assume each other know what's going on with their finances, but they don't.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

The You Gov poll of 2, 000 people indicates that in a recession it is more expensive for couples to split up

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

conflicts between couples tend to rise

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

it is more expensive for couples to split up

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

couples show more concern for each other

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

The author suggests at the end of the passage that couples should discuss money matters to maintain a healthy relationship

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

A majority of them are young couples.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

But a new study finds that the risk of divorce among older couples rises when the wife——not the husband一becomes seriously ill.

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

In Beijing, one registration office had about 300 couples seeking to get married the day after the changes were announced, rather than the usual number of between 70 and 80.

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

In the classic marriage vow, couples promise to stay together in sickness and in health.

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

Similarly, some couples don't have children because they don't want to sacrifice their own lifestyles to the lime and expense of a family.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

To advise couples to think twice before having children

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

Design programs targeted at retired couples.

出自-2011年6月听力原文

It was a popular activity for couples to leisurely walk through town to view the temporary works of chilly art.

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

While too many couples grow apart, we were growing together.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 完形填空 原文

According to several studies concluding that parents are less happy than childless couples, single parents are the least happy of all.

2011年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Parts of the ceremony involve ritual hair cutting, tying cotton threads soaked in holy water around the bride's and groom's wrists, and passing a candle around a circle of happily married and respected couples to bless the union.

2016年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

Young people who are still getting started in life were more likely than older adults to prioritize personal fulfillment in their work, to believe they will advance their careers most by regularly changing jobs, to favor communities with more public servi

2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ