这个“单身税”的梗呀，源自于日本媒体近日的一则报导：日本石川县河北市预算主管在与当地妈妈们互换时，针对“结婚后生活水平低落，能否让单身人士来包袱税务的提问时回应道——“我们正在进行有关单身税的谈论…….”So you win hands down.这位主管，你一句话，就火了。
那么这个让无数单身狗受到一万点暴击的奇葩税种的英文名儿是什么呢？
大略：
Bachelor Tax 单身税
Bachelor 除了“学士”，还常常用来指“单身汉”，和 tax 组合在一起，就成了单身税了。
In fact, this is not the first time that Japanese government officials have proposed a bachelor tax.
好嘛，原来早有预谋！
In 2004, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party suggested taxing single people to promote marriage, but the proposal ended up with nothing definite.
早在04年的时候，日本自民党就有人建议对单身人士征税以促进提升结婚率，不过终极还是不明晰之。
Liberal Democratic Party（日本）自民党
proposal [prəˈpoʊzl] 发起; 建议;
definite [ˈdɛfənɪt] adj.明确的; 一定的;
日本提出“单身税”也有其分外的社会背景成分——那便是弘大的独居年轻人群体的存在。
These young people not only have no life partners, but also reject the idea of engaging in normal social life.
这些年轻人不仅没有伴侣，也不愿意参与到社会生活当中，not only but also的经典例句来一个~
With a higher unemployment rate and lower pensions, these young people are facing the threat of dying alone.
他们面临更高的失落业率和更低的养老金保障，因此面临着孤独终老的结局。
engage in sth 参与到…之中
unemployment rate 失落业率
pension 养老金
“单身税”的这种套路可不是岛国专利，此前，一个叫Repelen的德国小镇也曾经想这样操作一波。
The town of Repelen, decided to impose a tax upon all bachelors over the age of 18.
18岁以上的单身汉就请乖乖交税了，天啊，我还是个孩子…
Those with little or no income were to begiven immunity.
原来收入太少还是可以豁免的
The Federal authorities however, were quick to prickthis Repelen bubble. They declared that the question of income tax was a matter for the Federal Finance Ministry in Berlin.
德国联邦政府反应还是很快，戳破了小镇财政的美梦，强调税收权，柏林说了算，你一个小镇就不要搞事情了。
immunity [ɪˈmjunɪti] 免除，豁免; 免疫力;
prick[prɪk] the bubble 刺破泡沫；还底本相
“单身税”早已有之，也曾引发了环球网友的热烈谈论，下面这位美国网友的评论堪称经典：
“Bachelor taxes on men don’t work because one of the major reasons for a plummeting marriage rate is women’s hypergamy. If you give men even LESS money to work with, you make them even LESS attractive to women.”
翻译过来便是：单身税不会起浸染，结婚率低迷的一个紧张缘故原由是女性追求门当户对或是向上流动的婚姻——如果单身男性还要因额外缴税而收入减少，他们就更难吸引到女性了。
真，实在。默默点个赞，再来学两个单词吧~
plummeting [ˈplʌmɪtɪŋ] adj. 垂直落下，骤然跌落的
hypergamy [haɪ'pɜgəmɪ] n.门当户对/高攀的联姻
本期推文主创简介
美化排版 | Kilinno
封面图片 | 小鱼
审核校正 | 张津
