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常用洗涤标志

常用洗涤标志

　　They have appeared on clothes labels for four decades, each one chosen by international

　　experts for its simplicity and clarity.

　　这些标志已经在服装标签上出现了40年，每一个标志都因其简单易懂被国际上的专家们精心挑选出来。

　　Yet for most people, washing instructions might as well be written in Martian.

　　然而，英国近日的一份调查显示，大多数人认为，这些衣物洗涤标志就像

　　According to a new poll, nine in 10 people are unable to decipher common symbols used on

　　clothes labels. Even those who have mastered the difference between a wool and a synthetics

　　wash admit being baffled by the bewildering array of boxes, circles and crosses used to give

　　advice about drying and bleaching.

　　这项调查显示，90%的人不明白服装标签上这些常见的洗涤标志的含义，即便是那些熟悉羊毛和晴纶制品不同洗涤方式的人也承认搞不清楚用于提示干洗和漂白的这些几何图形。

　　The findings come from a poll of 2,000 people carried out by YouGov for Morphy Richards. A

　　third of people surveyed said that they recognised none of the six symbols shown, while the

　　only symbol recognised by more than half of people was the iron with a single dot. Around 70

　　per cent knew it meant "iron on a low heat". Just 10 per cent sign knew the sign for "do not

　　dry clean", while only 12 per cent were familiar with "drip dry only".