Rather than concluding that children make parents either happy or miserable, Senior suggests we need to redefine happiness: instead of thinking of it as something that can be measured by moment-to-moment joy, we should consider being happy as a past-tense condition.
与其得出结论说孩子让父母变得幸福或痛苦，Senior 建议我们重新定义幸福：与其将其视为可以由瞬间快乐来衡量的东西，不如将其视为一种过去时的状态。
happiness in retrospect.
回顾时的幸福。
We sometimes neglect the happiness from child rearing.
我们有时会忽视育儿带来的快乐。
This slim volume is packed with tips to help wage slaves as well as lottery winners get the most “happiness bang for your buck.
这本薄薄的小书塞满了各种技巧，帮助工薪族以及彩票中奖者获得最大的幸福感回报。
Money may not quite buy happiness, but people in wealthier countries are generally happier than those in poor ones.
金钱或许并不能完全买到幸福，但富裕国家的人通常比贫穷国家的人更幸福。
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。