The president rode with daughter Malia and the first lady paired off with Sasha.

巴马总统和他女儿玛莉亚一起，而第一夫人和他们的女儿萨沙一起。

Pledges, you will now pair off with your assigned big sisters.

受验人 现在和你们指定的大姐结对。

I was paired off with my husband, but not yet lost in the marshes of a long marriage (and, okay, not yet a tiresome fishwife).

我和丈夫成双成对，还没有迷失在长期婚姻的沼泽中(好吧，还没有成为一个令人讨厌的骂街泼妇）。

In other words, do we pair off with people because of our similarities, or because we tend to meet people who are similar to us?

换句话说，我们与人结对是因为我们有相似之处，还是因为我们倾向于遇到与我们相似的人？