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For better or for worse, the number of couples getting married in the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, on New Year's Eve could set a record.
无论好坏，在内华达州拉斯维加斯，新年前夜结婚的情侣数量可能会创下纪录。
That is because the date 12/31/23 is known in the Las Vegas wedding industry as a "specialty date."
这是因为2023年12月31日这一天在拉斯维加斯婚庆行业被称为“特殊的日子”。
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the repeating number pattern of 1-2-3 1-2-3 is very popular.
据《拉斯维加斯评论日报》报道，1-2-3 1-2-3的重复数字模式非常受欢迎。
What makes it even more special is that the date falls on a holiday famous for big celebrations.
更特别的是，这一天恰逢一个以盛大庆祝活动而闻名的节日。
"It's a double whammy," said Melody Willis-Williams, president of Vegas Weddings, which owns several wedding venues.
拥有多个婚礼场地的维加斯婚礼公司总裁梅洛迪·威利斯-威廉姆斯说：“这是双重打击”。
"Anytime you get these specialty dates, they're always hugely popular. But tie that in with New Year's Eve and it's a showstopper."
“每遇到这种特殊日子时，它们总是非常受欢迎。但把它和新年前夜联系起来，就会更令人印象深刻。”
Las Vegas is famous for fast marriage ceremonies, and many marriages take place there every year.
拉斯维加斯以快速举行婚礼而闻名，每年都有许多婚礼在那里举行。
The number to beat on New Year's Eve is 4,492.
在新年前夜结婚的情侣破纪录数量是4492对。
That is the single-day record for marriages in Las Vegas set on July 7, 2007.
这是2007年7月7日在拉斯维加斯创下的单日纪录。
The second-most popular specialty wedding date on record with the county's marriage bureau is November 11, 2011, when 3,125 couples married.
该县婚姻介绍所记录的第二受欢迎的特殊婚礼日期是2011年11月11日，当时有3125对新人举行了婚礼。
Since 2018, somewhere between 450 and 550 marriage ceremonies take place each year in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve, the Review-Journal reported.
据《评论日报》报道，自2018年以来，拉斯维加斯每年都会在新年前夜举行450到550场婚礼。
This year, the company Vegas Weddings is fully booked for midnight at all its venues, including a church in downtown Las Vegas.
今年，维加斯婚礼公司所有婚礼场地的午夜时分都被订满了，包括拉斯维加斯市中心的一座教堂。
Willis-Williams said her company expects to marry more than 120 couples on New Year's Eve.
威利斯-威廉姆斯表示，她的公司预计将会在新年前夜为120多对新人举行婚礼。
Five of those couples will marry as the clock is counting down to midnight.
其中五对新人将在午夜倒计时举行婚礼。
Clark County Clerk Lynn Marie Goya said couples married on a specialty date in Las Vegas have described them as "magic dates" that are easy to remember.
克拉克县办事员林恩·玛丽·戈亚说，在拉斯维加斯特殊日子结婚的夫妇称之为“神奇的日子”，这样很容易被记住。
"I think the celebration that has a group dynamic is really appealing," Goya said.
戈亚说：“我认为这种群体性的庆祝活动非常吸引人。”
"When everyone is in line and they're all getting married and excited about being in love, it just enhances their own experience."
“当每个人都在排队，他们都即将结婚，都在为恋爱而兴奋时，这只会增强他们自己的体验感。”
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