For many, a successful marriage can be put down to attraction, devotion, patience – and true love. But one group of statisticians begs to differ.

　　对于很多人来说，成功的婚姻可以归因于吸引力、奉献、耐心以及真爱。而日前的一组统计学家却有不同看法。

　　They have developed a distinctly unromantic formula to predict how compatible a couple are based on their ages, education and previous divorces.

　　这些研究人员基于夫妻双方的年龄、受教育程度和婚史推出了一套可测算夫妻关系和谐度的、完全不浪漫的公式。

　　The experts claim their theory can tell in advance that some couples are up to five times more likely to end up getting divorced than others.

　　专家称，根据他们的这一理论可推算出，一些夫妻的离婚几率可比其他人高五倍。

　　According to the study, the couples with the best chance are those where a woman with a superior education marries a man who is five or more years older than herself.

　　根据该研究，如果妻子的受教育程度高于丈夫，且丈夫比妻子大五岁或者更多，那么应该是最理想的搭配。

　　Neither should be a divorcee.

　　此外，两人都没有婚史。