🏷️ 探寻孤独背后的秘密

Everybody feels lonely from time to time.

from time to time 时不时

But over the last few decades, this occasional feeling has become chronic for millions.

过去几十年，这种偶尔出现的感觉已经变成数百万人的长期感受

In the US, 46% of the entire population feel lonely regularly.

regularly: 经常的

Loneliness is a purely subjective, individual experience.

孤独是一种纯粹主观，个人的体验

Nothing can protect you against loneliness, because it’s part of your biology.

protect against: 保护

part of your biology: 你的天性

It was a great indicator of how likely you were to survive.

这一指标可以很好的衡量你春晖的概率

While those who did not got kicked out and most likely died.

那些没做出改变的人就会遭到排斥，更有可能死亡

Intellectuals moved away from the collectivism of the Middle Ages, while the young Protestant theology stressed individual responsibility,

知识分子“远离”中世纪的集体主义，而年轻的新教神学强调个人责任，

stress : 强调

This trend accelerated during the Industrial Revolution.

这一趋势在工业革命期间增强

As our world rapidly became modern, this trend sped up more and more.

随着现代化的飞速发展，这一趋势逐渐增强

We are still biologically fine-tuned to being with each other.

fine-tune : 微调，调整, adj. 有调整的，有提高的

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