Professor Frank Furedi, a sociologist from Kent University, described the figures as 'tragic'.(弗蘭克-弗蘭迪是肯特大學的一名社會學教授，他認為這些數據是“悲劇的”。)

“For many migrants, it pays off, ” says Néstor Rodríguez, a sociologist at the University of Texas, Austin.("對于很多偷渡者,這得到了回報,"一位在奧斯丁的得克薩斯大學的社會學家NéstorRodríguez說.)

Aya Ezawa is a sociologist in the Japanese studies program at Leiden University in the Netherlands.(阿雅·艾茲沃是荷蘭萊頓大學日本課題項目的社會學家。)

In 1973 sociologist Mark Granovetter showed how the loose acquaintances, or "weak ties", in our social network exert a disproportionate influence over our behaviour and choices.(1973年，社會學家馬克·格蘭諾維特指出，在我們的社交網絡中，關系松散的熟人或“弱關系”對我們的行為和選擇產生了不成比例的影響。)

The shift away from family life to solo lifestyle, observes a French sociologist, is part of the "irresistible momentum of individualism" over the last century.(一位法國社會學家注意到，從家庭生活到獨居生活的轉變是上個世紀“勢不可擋的個人主義”的一部分。)

"Nowhere are credentials as important as in Germany," says Stefan Hradil, a sociologist at the University of Mainz.(美因茨大學的社會學家斯特凡?賀拉迪說“在德國，職業資格證書的重要性超過世界其它任何地方”。)

John Shelton Reed, a sociologist, is writing it.((約翰沙塔里得，一位社會學家，正在編寫這樣的一本書)。)

Sociologist Erving Goffman describes this as "a kind of dimming of lights".(社會學家歐文·高夫曼將此描述為“光線變暗的一種類型”。)

Alexei Levinson, a sociologist, charitably sees today's antagonism towards Chechens as a displaced form of guilt.(社會學家阿列克賽·列文森(AlexeiLevinson)語氣溫和地將今日對車臣的敵意視為內疚的一種替代形式。)

She is a sociologist by training.(坎特是一位訓練有素的社會學家。)