来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：金融市场第18集第18集》

why your parents might be doing this,

你父母此举的目的
which--you might be angry with your parents if they did this,

或许如果父母这么做会让你很生气
but they might do it for another reason.

但他们也许另有原因
That is, you could get married and get a divorce and

就是你结婚后可能会离婚
they're worried about this really awful person you married

他们担心你娶了个可怕的人
taking half of the family money when you get divorced.

在离婚时会分走一半财产
They lock it up in a spendthrift trust and

他们把这笔钱锁在挥霍者信托里
then after the divorce the trustee will say,

这样当你离婚后受托人会说
no way, I'm bound to pay this person--not the wife or husband

我只支付资金给受益人
--the amount of money for life.

而不是什么妻子或丈夫
It apparently works.

这话显然会起作用
So, that's another reason why families will do this because

这是很多家庭这样做的另一个原因