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2024考研英语同源外刊:为什么女性服装尺码越做越小?

Net users are sharing their frustrating shopping experiences when they try on a shirt or jeans and find the size they usually wear is too small! The sentiment was echoed by many female buyers, who called on fashion stores to standardize their sizing for women's clothing.

近日，不少网友在社交媒体上发帖分享自己试穿“离谱小尺码女装”的沮丧经历。对此，许多女性买家纷纷表示无奈，呼吁“统一时装店女装尺码度量衡”。

Studies have shown that shoppers prefer to buy clothing labeled with small sizes because it boosts our confidence.

研究表明，人们爱买小码衣服，因为这能让他们更加自信。

So as the weight of the average American woman rose, from 140 lb in 1960 to 168.5 lb in 2014. brands adjusted their metrics to help more of us squeeze into more-desirable sizes (and get us to buy more clothes).

因此，尽管美国女性平均体重从1960年的140磅(约合63公斤)，增长到2014年的168.5磅(约合76公斤)，各大品牌还是调整了尺码度量，让人们能挤进自己想穿的尺码里，从而刺激消费者不停地买买买。

In the 1950s, curvy was beautiful. Now, we have this crazy notion that thinner is prettier.

上世纪50年代，人们以丰满有曲线为美。现在，我们却疯狂地认为越瘦小越好看。

There are people who have thyroid conditions, metabolic conditions, and other hormone issues that makes it difficult for them to gain or lose weight. Why is the sizing making it so difficult for those people? Why can't it just be universal?

而有些群体，他们因为甲状腺、新陈代谢或者激素问题很难增重或减重，为什么现在的尺码对这些群体如此不友好?为什么尺码就不能统一一下呢?

It's even more detrimental to our self-esteem. We're emboldened with a false confidence when we wear smaller sizes. When it comes to sizing with larger numbers, we may be led to believe we're bigger than we really are.

而随意变动的尺码其实还会伤害到人们的自尊心。当我们穿着小号衣服的时候，会产生一种错误的自信心，而穿着码号偏大的衣服时，又觉得自己比实际情况更胖。

Not only is this system messing with the industry, it's messing with our own perceptions of ourselves, specifically in believing that our bodies may be assigned to a certain size, versus what they actually are.

尺码乱象不仅扰乱了行业规范，也影响着人们对自己的看法，特别是那些认为自己应该穿某个尺码，而不是根据实际体型做出判断的人。

 

重难点词汇：

curvy [ˈkərvi] adj. 蜿蜒的;曲线美的;

metabolic [ˌmetəˈbɑːlɪk] adj. 新陈代谢的;变化的

embolden [əmˈboʊldən] v. 使有胆量;使有信心;鼓励

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