It's a theory that many women have held for years.

“男人是蠢貨”，這是女人的眼中的真理。

And now a study has revealed men really are the more stupid sex.

最近，一項(xiàng)研究表明男人確實(shí)比女性更蠢。

Analysis of the Darwin Awards - an annual review of the most foolish ways people have died - has found almost 90 percent of the accolades were 'won' by males.

達(dá)爾文獎(jiǎng)（Darwin Awards）每年都會(huì)評(píng)出死法最愚蠢的人。通過(guò)對(duì)達(dá)爾文獎(jiǎng)的分析發(fā)現(xiàn)：90%的獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)都由男性“獲得”。

Worthy candidates include a terrorist who opened his own letter bomb, and a man who attempted to travel by hitching a shopping trolley to a train.

讓人印象深刻的獲獎(jiǎng)人選有：打開(kāi)自己做的炸彈信封的恐怖分子以及把購(gòu)物推車連在火車上出行的男子。

It is named after Charles Darwin, the scientist famous for the theory of evolution.

這個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)以著名科學(xué)家、進(jìn)化論提出者查爾斯·達(dá)爾文（Charles Darwin）的名字命名。

Nominees have to improve the gene pool by eliminating themselves from the human race using foolish methods.

被提名者用最愚蠢的方式毀滅自我，將自己移出人種基因庫(kù)。

Examples include the man who shot himself in the head with a 'spy pen' weapon to show his friend it was real, and the thief attempting to purloin a steel cable from a lift shaft - and unbolted it while standing in the lift which then plummeted to the ground, killing him.

例如，一名男子為向朋友證明一支“間諜筆”的真假，將其射向自己的頭部。一名盜賊試圖偷自動(dòng)升降梯的鋼纜，但他在電梯中時(shí)就打開(kāi)鋼纜，而后電梯猛然墜落致其死亡。

Of 332 independently verified nominations, 14 were ruled out of the analysis because they were shared by male and females - usually adventurous couples in compromising positions.

在332項(xiàng)已經(jīng)過(guò)獨(dú)立認(rèn)證提名中，14項(xiàng)被排除在此次分析外，因?yàn)楠?jiǎng)項(xiàng)由男女共享。這種情況一般是愛(ài)冒險(xiǎn)的夫妻處于危險(xiǎn)境地的狀況。

Of the 318 valid cases remaining, 282 (88.7 percent) were awarded to males and just 36 to females, a gender difference entirely consistent with male idiot theory (MIT) that states men are idiots and idiots do stupid things.

余下的318個(gè)有效獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)中282項(xiàng)（88.7%）授給男性，只有36項(xiàng)授給女性。此性別差異完全符合“男人是傻瓜理論”（MIT）——男人是傻瓜，傻瓜做傻事。

Writing in the British Medical Journal, the researchers said it is puzzling men are willing to take such unnecessary risks - simply as a rite of passage, in pursuit of male social esteem or solely in exchange for 'bragging rights'.

研究人員發(fā)表在《英國(guó)醫(yī)學(xué)雜志》（British Medical Journal）的文章稱，男人僅僅把做蠢事作為一種儀式，愿意冒這種毫無(wú)必要的險(xiǎn)去追求社會(huì)尊嚴(yán)，或者僅僅以此換取“吹噓的權(quán)利”。這真令人困惑。”

Dr Dennis Lendrem, of theUniversityofNewcastle, said: 'Idiotic risks are defined as senseless risks, where the apparent payoff is negligible or non existent, and the outcome is often extremely negative and often final.

英國(guó)紐卡斯?fàn)柎髮W(xué)（the University of Newcastle）的丹尼斯· 倫卓蒙（Dennis Lendrem）博士說(shuō)：“愚蠢的冒險(xiǎn)被定義為無(wú)意義的冒險(xiǎn)，這些冒險(xiǎn)的收獲極小甚至沒(méi)有，結(jié)果也通常是極其不好而且無(wú)法挽回。”

'According to 'male idiot theory' (MIT) many of the differences in risk seeking behavior, emergency department admissions, and mortality may be explained by the observation that men are idiots and idiots do stupid things.

‘男人是傻瓜理論’中，尋求冒險(xiǎn)、急診入診請(qǐng)看以及死亡率均可由“‘男人是傻子，傻子做傻事’的言論來(lái)解釋。

'There are anecdotal data supporting MIT, but to date there has been no systematic analysis of sex differences in idiotic risk taking behavior.'

“雖然有軼聞資料支撐MIT理論，但是目前還沒(méi)有關(guān)于蠢事冒險(xiǎn)行為在性別差異方面的系統(tǒng)的分析。”

The researchers admitted the study has limitations because women may be more likely to nominate men for a Darwin Award, or the sex difference may reflect differences in alcohol use between men and women.

調(diào)查人員承認(rèn)此研究有局限性，因?yàn)榕愿锌赡芴崦行詾檫_(dá)爾文獎(jiǎng)候選人，或者性別差異也可能反應(yīng)了男女飲酒差異。

But Dr Lendrem said: 'Despite these limitations there can be little doubt Darwin Award winners seem to make little or no real assessment of the risk or attempt at risk management. They just do it anyway. In some cases, the intelligence of the award winner may be questioned.

但倫卓蒙博士說(shuō)：“雖然研究存在局限，毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)的是，達(dá)爾文獎(jiǎng)獲得者似乎很少或根本不做真正的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)評(píng)估或風(fēng)險(xiǎn)管理。他們什么也不考慮，想做什么就做。有時(shí)候，這些得獎(jiǎng)人的智商真的值得商榷。”

DARWINWINNERS OF NOTE

著名的達(dá)爾文獎(jiǎng)獲得者

The terrorist who unthinkingly opened his own letter bomb on its return after he posted it with insufficient stamps.

拆開(kāi)自己制作的炸彈信封的恐怖分子。因?yàn)猷]資不夠被退信后，該恐怖分子不假思索打開(kāi)自己制作的炸彈信封，導(dǎo)致死亡。

The construction worker who was demolishing a car park by tearing down its supports as workers watched from their office window, taking bets on what his plan was to remove the final support over a number of days. He didn’t have one - and was crushed by the concrete platform.

一名建筑工人拆除停車場(chǎng)支柱時(shí)身亡。有員工在辦公室窗口看見(jiàn)該工人拆除支柱，他們還打了好幾天賭猜測(cè)他拆除最后一根柱子的方案。結(jié)果是，他壓根沒(méi)有方案，直接被壓死在水泥板下面。

The thief attempting to purloin a steel cable from a lift shaft - and unbolted it while standing in the lift which then plummeted to the ground, killing him.

試圖偷自動(dòng)升降梯鋼纜的賊。他站在電梯中時(shí)打開(kāi)了鋼纜，隨后電梯猛然墜落致其死亡。

The man who stole a ride home by hitching a shopping trolley to the back of a train, only to be dragged two miles to his death before it was able to stop.

一名男子企圖把購(gòu)物手推車偷掛在火車尾部，然后“搭順風(fēng)車”回家。結(jié)果，他被火車拖了兩英里（約3219米）后死亡。

（翻譯：xysweetxy 編輯：Helen）