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研究称半数英国青年或多或少有点基

发布时间：2015-08-19 编辑：查字典英语网小编

Half of British young people say they are not 100 per cent heterosexual, according to a new survey.

最新调查发现，半数的英国年轻人称他们并不是100%的异性恋。

When asked to plot themselves on a scale of sexuality, ranging from exclusively heterosexual to exclusively gay, 72 per cent of adults and 49 per cent of people aged 18 to 24 chose a position other than completely straight.

当被要求划分自己的性向时，从完全的异性恋到完全的同性恋，有72%的成年人和49%的18至24岁的年轻人认为自己不完全是异性恋。

The survey, released by respected pollsters YouGov, found only four per cent of adults class themselves as completely gay, with just under a fifth putting themselves somewhere in between the two extremes.

该调查由英国著名市场调查公司舆情(YouGov)发布。调查发现，只有4%的成年人认为自己是完完全全的同性恋，不到五分之一的人则觉得自己介于这两个极端之间。

With each generation, people appear to see their sexuality as less set in stone.

随着每一代人的发展，人们似乎愈加灵活自由地看待自己的性向问题。

Of 1,632 people surveyed, 60 per cent of heterosexuals and 73 per cent of homosexuals supported the idea that sexuality is a scale.

在1632名被调查者中，60%的异性恋者和73%的同性恋者支持性向是一个范围。

Less than half of 18-to-24-year-olds think they are completely straight and 43 per cent say they are somewhere in the middle, allowing for a few respondents who had no opinion.

不到半数的18至24岁的人认为他们是彻底的异性恋者，而43%的人则说他们位于中间地带，还有少数人并未发表看法。

This compares to those aged 60 and over, where 89 per cent said they were completely straight or completely homosexual.

与此相比，60岁及其以上的受访者中，89%称自己是完全的异性恋者或同性恋者。

Most of these respondents would have been of school age when male homosexuality was legalised, in 1967.

这一部分人在1967年男同性恋合法化时正值上学的年纪。

About a quarter of those aged between 18 and 39 said reported having had a homosexual experience, compared to just nine per cent of those aged 60 and over.

大约四分之一的18至39岁的人称他们有过同性恋经历，而60岁及以上的人中这一数字只有9%。

More men report having had a gay experience. A fifth of males, compared to 14 per cent of females, report having had a sexual experience with someone of the same sex.

男性有过同性恋经历的比例更高。五分之一的男性称自己曾和同性人士发生过性行为，相比之下，只有14%的女性称自己曾和同性发生过性行为。

Vocabulary

heterosexual：异性恋

homosexual：同性恋

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