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为什么西方人认为13是个不吉利的数字(在西方国家为什么13是不吉利的数字)

为什么西方人会觉得13是个不吉利的数字,你造吗?

1. THERE WERE 13 PEOPLE AT THE LAST SUPPER.

1. “最后的晚餐”里有13个人。

And tradition has held that the 13th to take their seat was either Judas or Jesus himself.

传统的说法是:第13个落座的人不是犹大就是耶稣自己。

2. TRADITIONALLY, THERE WERE 13 STEPS TO THE GALLOWS.

2. 依传统,上绞刑架要走13步。

According to popular lore, there are 13 steps leading up to the gallows. Gallows actually varied wildly, but even then, the number was often brought up to 13.

根据流行的传说,上绞刑架要走13步。实际上,绞刑架形式各异,但即便如此,也往往要凑出13这个数字。

3. WOMEN MENSTRUATE ROUGHLY 13 TIMES A YEAR.

3. 女人一年大约来13次月经。

Some suggest that the association with 13 being unlucky is due to women generally having around 13 menstrual cycles a year (based on a cycle length of 28 days).

有人说13会和“不吉利”相关,是因为女人一年大致会经历13次月经周期(以每个月经周期为28天计算)。

4. A WITCHES&39;s an old superstition that says if you have 13 letters in your name, you&39; names (Charles Manson, Jack the Ripper, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy, and Albert De Salvo) all contain 13 letters.

有一种古老的迷信说法:如果你的名字里有13个字母,你就会受到诅咒。听起来很傻,但是想想那些臭名昭著的杀人犯的名字——Charles Manson、Jack the Ripper、Jeffrey Dahmer、Theodore Bundy和Albert De Salvo,这些名字里都有13个字母,这种说法也就稍微有些可信了。

8. SUPERSTITION HAS MADE FRIDAY THE 13TH TOUGH FOR BUSINESSES.

8. 迷信导致逢周五的13号生意难成。

Friday the 13th is an expensive day for businesses. One analyst claims that around a billion dollars a year are lost as people choose not to do business of any kind on Friday the 13th.

从商业角度来说,逢周五的13号是很昂贵的一天。一位分析人士称,因为人们选择不在逢周五的13号做任何生意,每年大约损失10亿美元。

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