这两天微博上疯传“经济适用女”的圭臬，从身高到收入，可谓老到矜重；之前经济适用男的圭臬曾经让不少东说念主争相对号。在白富好意思、高富帅真假难辨的今天探花 小宝，经济适用男女对好多东说念主来说倒更显平定妥帖。

"Budget wife" is the female counterpart of "budget husband，" a concept introduced at least four years ago. The 2009 publication of the book Me and My Budget Husband popularized the term， and its 2012 transformation into a TV drama series fueled the term's further spread.

经济适用女（budget wife）是经济适用男（budget husband）的对照版，经济适用男这一主意至少出现时四年前。2009年，一真名为《我和我的经济适用男》的书让这个说法赢得擢升，而2012年这本书改编的电视剧让这个词被更多东说念主熟知。

The word "budget husband" originates from the word "budget housing"， government subsidized public housing for low-income households. As the name implies， budget husbands' economic power trails that of "diamond husbands" -- intelligent， educated， rich， and well-mannered men from respectable families. Nonetheless， a budget husband is the new ideal among Chinese female white-collar workers.

“经济适用男”一词起原于“经济适用房”，即政府为低收入家庭出资提供的全球性住房。由名字不错看出，经济适用男的经济实力不如那些“钻石男”，三级电影即来自崇高家庭、机灵、有学识、有钱且有素质的须眉。不外，经济适用男听说是中国女性白领们新近的理思对象。

One of the main characteristics of a budget husband is that he be "normal." Not ugly but not too handsome; neither poor nor rich. In short: mediocre.

经济适用男一个主要的特质是“普通”。不丑但也不会太帅，不穷也不算有钱。简而言之即是，每每。

But this mediocrity promises stability. Budget husbands are reliable， both financially and emotionally. They will loyally stay at home and take care of the house; they will not go out to bars or have extramarital affairs. (Source: .theatlantic.com)

不外，这种每每却能保证厚实。经济适用男们不论从经济上已经心计上齐比拟可靠。他们会乖乖待在家，照应家里，不会出去泡吧，也不会有婚外恋。

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