2022-05-05

如果你家里只养了一只猫，你可能会以为猫的性格只有一种，那就是时而高冷，时而粘人。但是如果你接触的猫足够多，你会发现，猫和人一样，也有不同的性格类型。

Ask any cat person to describe their feline1 friend, and they'll likely affectionately say "jerkface". Cat people also know, however, that each little fuzzy jerkface is its very own idiosyncratic self.

如果让猫主人描述自家的猫，他们可能会亲昵地称之为“小讨厌”。但是，猫主人也知道，每只毛茸茸的小讨厌猫都有自己的个性。

According to new research, each cat's personality and behavior can be defined using a combination of just seven traits.

新研究指出，按照个性和行为特征可以把猫分为7种类型。

The research was undertaken by way of a 138-question survey, posted on animal welfare website Petsofi, and filled out by the cats' owners. This is because cats can behave very differently in a laboratory environment than the way they behave at home, so observing them in an experiment could yield inaccurate2 results.

研究人员通过一份138道题的问卷展开调查，这份问卷发布在动物福利网站Petsofi上并由猫主人来填写。因为猫在实验室环境中和在家中的行为方式差异很大，所以在实验室中观察猫可能会得出不准确的结果。

The questionnaire asked people to enter, among other things, their cat's sex, age, breed, co