After they had done this, they were asked to rate their preferences for various traits in a potential romantic partner.

做完这个之后，他们被要求对他们潜在理想配偶的一系列特征偏好进行打分。

Participants rated the various traits on another one-to-seven scale, with one indicating not at all desirable and seven meaning extremely desirable.

参与者用另一个一到七级的计量方法来给不同的特征打分，其中一表示不那么渴望，七意味着极其渴望。

Lamarck believed that offspring were affected by how their parents used or didn't use their various traits.

拉马克认为，后代会受到父母如何使用或不使用他们的各种特征的影响。