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It sounds like the sort of sexist stereotype dainty ladies were once told at finishing school, but it’s perhaps surprising that women really do-on the whole-snore less than men.

曾经淑女在精修学校被告知的“女性要比男性打鼾少”，这听起来多少就是些刻板的女性印象，但是令人吃惊的是整体来看女性确实要比男性打鼾少。

Female hormones, such as oestrogen and progesterone, appear to keep the airway muscles more toned.

女性的荷尔蒙，如雌激素和孕激素，显现出来具备保持鼻腔空气通道肌肉更紧致的作用。

compound 加剧

The meeting of employee communication compounded the contradiction between employer. 员工沟通会加剧了员工和雇主间的矛盾。