科学家发现"一见钟情"的本质

　　The team found that a direct stare is attractive only if the person giving it looks as if they like you. This preference was even higher if the face in the picture was of the opposite sex.

　　研究成员发现只有当这个人的目光看上去像喜欢上你的时候，直视才具吸引力。如果图像中的人是异性的话，吸引力会更强。

　　"What we found at the most basic level is that people like faces with direct gaze more than they like the same faces with averted gaze," said Dr Jones. "In other words, people find it more attractive when they are being looked at."

　　琼斯博士说：“我们最根本的发现是对于同一张脸，人们更喜欢直视的目光而非转移的目光。换句话说，人们认为自己被注视更具吸引力。”

　　The results are published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society.

　　这一研究结果刊载于《英国皇家学会学报》。

　　Dr Jones said the results make sense from an evolutionary perspective. "It takes quite a lot of effort to attract a mate and what you want to do is allocate that effort in a more efficient way, in other words in a way that is more likely to help you secure a mate."

　　琼斯博士称，研究结果从进化论角度来看颇具意义。吸引配偶需要费一番功夫，人们想以更有效的方式分配求偶过程中付出的努力。换言之，就是用一种更有可能帮助自己找到配偶的方法。

　　So it seems there is no point wasting your time on someone who is just not interested.

　　所以将时间花在那些对你并不感兴趣的人身上毫无意义。