engagement rings

1920s: manufacturers and retail jewelers try to launch the concept of men's engagement rings, which sinks like a lead balloon.

1920年：制造商和零售珠宝商尝试制造男式订婚戒指，但是这个想法却像灌了铅的气球一样很快销声匿迹。

But later, perusing a Cape Town jeweler's offerings-from cross pendants cast in gold to diamond engagement rings-it is harder still to conceive of Homo sapiens behaving any other way.

但是，后来我到开普顿一家珠宝店，从项炼上的金十字架坠子到订婚钻戒，都仔细赏过，于是我更难想像，我们智人会有别的行为模式。

Fewer people are receiving engagement rings and when they do, the amount being spent getting smaller.

收到订婚戒指的人越来越少,即使收到, 它的花销也小了.

Catering for cradle-to-grave needs, Wal-Mart already sells everything from baby wear to engagement rings.

满足从摇篮到坟墓的所有需求，沃尔玛公司销售的东西从婴儿服装到订婚戒指，无所不有。

Men definitely want to impress their significant others when they purchase engagement rings and other jewelry gifts.

男人在购买订婚戒指和其他珠宝礼品时，总是希望给自己的另一半或重要的异性人物带来深刻印象。

According to a Fairchild Bridal Group Study, more than a third of couples buying diamond engagement rings spend at least two months'salary.

（根据一项费尔柴尔德新娘集团的研究），有三分之一的夫妇至少花费2个月的工资来购买订婚戒指。

Engagement rings – specifically expensive diamond ones – are often prime examples of this unthinking mindset.

订婚戒指尤其是昂贵的钻石戒指往往是这种盲目心态的典型例子。

Did you notice that cash-strapped couples are buying fewer engagement rings?

你是否留意到现在拮据的夫妻很少购买订婚戒指 吗 ?

The Walt Disney Company states about the engagement rings: "Subtle references to the personalities of each princess can be seen throughout the collection such as pave and borders, suggestive of Cinderella's ethereal grace and charm, or baguettes and clean lines for Ariel, symbolic of her bold individuality."

关于订婚戒，迪士尼公司称：“每位公主的微妙独特的个性都可以通过这个系类的戒指体现出来，比如钻石的切割、镶嵌。例如灰姑娘的的天仙般的优雅与迷人，或者是小美人鱼简单干净的线条，可以体现她的独立大胆。