调查揭示 孤独已成为美国的一大'流行病'

A new report finds many Americans are lonely, and younger adults appear to be the hardest hit.

一项最新调查发现，很多美国人感到孤独，其中年轻人是最孤独的群体。

Health insurer Cigna's 2018 US Loneliness Index found that 46% of Americans report feeling lonely sometimes or always, and 47% report feeling left out. Cigna calls those "epidemic levels."

据信诺保险公司2018年度“美国人孤独指数”显示，46%的美国人有时或经常感到孤独，47%觉得被遗忘。信诺公司称这已达到“流行病”的程度。

A little less, 43%, report feeling isolated from others, and the same number report feeling they lack companionship and their relationships lack meaning.

43%的人觉得与人群格格不入，还有43%的人觉得缺少陪伴，认为他们的人际关系没有意义。

The report, conducted in partnership with Ipsos, surveyed 20,000 people in the US using UCLA's Loneliness Scale.

这份报告由信诺和益普索合作完成，借助“UCLA孤独量表”调查了两万名美国人。

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Feelings of loneliness are worse in younger generations than in older ones, with Generation Zers, ages 18-22, and Millennials (ages 23 to 37) reporting higher feelings of loneliness and isolation on the Loneliness Scale than older generations.

相较于年长的群体，年轻人“感到孤独”的情况更严重。孤独量表报告中Z世代（18-22岁）及千禧一代（23-37岁）的年轻人感到孤独和隔绝的程度比年长的群体更高。

Gen Zers, scored a loneliness rate of 48.3 out of 80, making them the loneliest generation.

Z世代的年轻人，在80分总分的测试中得分48.3分，成为最孤独的一代。

Millennials were close behind with a score of 45.3, followed by Generation X (ages 38 to 51) with a loneliness score of 45.1. The so-called Greatest Generation, those age 72 or over, ranked as the least lonely, with a score of 38.6.

千禧一代以45.3分稍稍落后，排在后面的是（38-51岁）的X世代，他们的孤独得分是45.1分。最伟大的一代（年龄超过72岁）则以38.6分成为最不孤独的一代。