Black dog syndrome1 refers to the tendency for black- or dark-coated dogs to be passed over for adoption2 in favor of lighter3 colored dogs in an animal shelter.
黑狗综合症指大家在动物收留所里领养狗狗时，总是倾向忽视那些拥有黑色或深色皮毛的狗儿，而选择毛色较浅的汪星人。
Black dogs are often treated differently than other dogs -- and are often overlooked by people who come to shelters with the intention to adopt.
大家对待黑狗和其他的狗儿完全不同，黑狗常常遭到来收留所领养狗狗大家的忽略。
The phenomenon is commonly referred to as Black Dog Syndrome or Black Dog Bias, a stereotype4 against dark-colored animals possibly ingrained in people through depictions in movies and books, according to experts.
学者表示，这种现象一般被叫做黑狗综合症或黑狗偏见。电影和书本对于深色皮毛动物的描述根植于大家的心中，行程了他们对这类动物的刻板印象。
Sometimes black dogs are seen as scarier by people, said an expert. It's very, very unfair -- you can get a bite from a little yellow Chihuahua faster than one of the bigger black dogs.
一位专家表示，有时大家会觉得黑狗愈加可怕。这实在是很、很不公平，体型娇小的黄色吉娃娃会比体态较大的黑狗更快咬到你。
