“经济适用女”英文怎么说？

"Budget wife"is the female counterpart of "budget husband,"a concept introduced at least four years ago. The 2009 publication of the book Me and My Budget Husband popularized the term, and its 2012 transformation into a TV drama series fueled the term's further spread.

经济适用女(budget wife)是经济适用男(budget husband)的对照版，经济适用男这一概念至少出现在四年前。2009年，一本名为《我和我的经济适用男》的书让这个说法得到普及，而2012年这本书改编的电视剧让这个词被更多人熟知。

The word "budget husband"originates from the word "budget housing", government subsidized public housing for low-income households. As the name implies, budget husbands' economic power trails that of "diamond husbands"-- intelligent, educated, rich, and well-mannered men from respectable families. Nonetheless, a budget husband is the new ideal among Chinese female white-collar workers。

“经济适用男”一词来源于“经济适用房”，即政府为低收入家庭出资提供的公共性住房。由名字可以看出，经济适用男的经济实力不如那些“钻石男”，即来自上流家庭、聪明、有学识、有钱且有修养的男子。不过，经济适用男据说是中国女性白领们新近的理想对象。

One of the main characteristics of a budget husband is that he be "normal."Not ugly but not too handsome; neither poor nor rich. In short: mediocre。

经济适用男一个主要的特点是“普通”。不丑但也不会太帅，不穷也不算有钱。简而言之就是，平凡。

But this mediocrity promises stability. Budget husbands are reliable, both financially and emotionally. They will loyally stay at home and take care of the house; they will not go out to bars or have extramarital affairs. (Source: .theatlantic.com)

不过，这种平凡却能保证稳定。经济适用男们不管从经济上还是情感上都比较可靠。他们会乖乖待在家，照看家里，不会出去泡吧，也不会有婚外恋。