如果你花很多钱买名牌衣服，期望它们的质量比平价衣服好，你可能需要重新考虑一下了。
近日，英国利兹大学的一项研究发现，快时尚品牌的衣服竟然比名牌衣服更结实，穿的时间更长。
萨姆纳博士说：”快时尚品牌牛仔裤的寿命是名牌牛仔裤的两倍，但是价格却只有名牌牛仔裤的十分之一。
”当然，在买新衣服时，价格不是唯一要考虑的因素。
时装行业在一定程度上造成了环境污染，低成本服装严重加剧了垃圾填埋和二氧化碳排放。
服装潮流变化很快，有些衣服可能只穿了7次就被丢弃了，但被回收用来制作新衣服的却不到1%。
总而言之，在买新衣服之前要考虑的东西很多。
但是，继续穿你的廉价牛仔裤对你的财政状况和环境都有好处，而且它们很可能和你喜欢的那条名牌牛仔裤一样耐穿。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 花 | huā | to spend (money, time) |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 钱 | qián | coin / money / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael |
| 买 | mǎi | to buy / to purchase |
| 名牌 | míng pái | famous brand / nameplate / name tag |
| 衣服 | yī fu | clothes |
| 期望 | qī wàng | to have expectations / to earnestly hope |
| 它们 | tā men | they; them |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 质量 | zhì liàng | quality / quality and quantity |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 平价 | píng jià | reasonably priced / inexpensive |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen) / maybe / perhaps |
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want; to demand; to require |
| 重新 | chóng xīn | again; once more; re- |
| 考虑 | kǎo lǜ | to think over / to consider |
| 一下 | yī xià | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 近日 | jìn rì | (in) the past few days / recently / (within) the next few days |
| 英国 | Yīng guó | United Kingdom (UK); Britain |
| 利兹大学 | Lì zī Dà xué | University of Leeds, a public research university in Leeds, England. |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 项 | xiàng | classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc |
| 研究 | yán jiū | research / a study |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 快时尚 | kuài shí shàng | fast fashion |
| 品牌 | pǐn pái | brand; brand name |
| 竟然 | jìng rán | unexpectedly / in spite of everything / in that crazy way / actually |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 结实 | jiē shi | rugged / sturdy / strong / durable / buff (physique) |
| 穿 | chuān | to wear / to put on / to dress |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 长 | cháng | long |
| 萨姆纳 | sà mǔ nà | Sumner (a transliterated proper name) |
| 博士 | bó shì | doctor (as an academic degree) |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 牛仔裤 | niú zǎi kù | jeans |
| 寿命 | shòu mìng | life span / life expectancy / lifetime |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 倍 | bèi | (two, three etc) -fold / times (multiplier) / double |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 价格 | jià gé | price |
| 却 | què | but / yet / however / while / nevertheless / even though |
| 只有 | zhǐ yǒu | only have ...; there is only ... |
| 十 | shí | ten / 10 |
| 分 | fēn | one tenth (of certain units) |
| 之 | zhī | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) |
| 当然 | dāng rán | certainly / of course / without doubt |
| 在 | zài | (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 新 | xīn | new; newly |
| 时 | shí | when |
| 不是 | bù shì | is not |
| 唯一 | wéi yī | only; sole |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 因素 | yīn sù | element / factor |
| 时装 | shí zhuāng | fashion / fashionable clothes |
| 行业 | háng yè | trade; profession; industry; business |
| 一定 | yī dìng | a certain ...; a given ... |
| 程度 | chéng dù | degree; level; extent |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 造成 | zào chéng | to bring about; to create; to cause |
| 环境 | huán jìng | environment / circumstances / surroundings |
| 污染 | wū rǎn | (lit. and fig.) to pollute; to contaminate |
| 低 | dī | low |
| 成本 | chéng běn | (manufacturing, production etc) costs |
| 服装 | fú zhuāng | dress / clothing / costume / clothes |
| 严重 | yán zhòng | grave; serious; severe; critical |
| 加剧 | jiā jù | to intensify |
| 垃圾 | lā jī | trash / refuse / garbage |
| 填埋 | tián mái | to bury and cover with earth; landfill; to dispose of waste by burying it |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 二氧化碳 | èr yǎng huà tàn | carbon dioxide CO2 |
| 排放 | pái fàng | to arrange in order / to emit; to discharge / (of animals) to ovulate; to discharge semen |
| 潮流 | cháo liú | tide / current / trend |
| 变化 | biàn huà | change; variation |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 快 | kuài | rapid / quick |
| 有些 | yǒu xiē | some |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 就 | jiù | as soon as; immediately after |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 丢弃 | diū qì | to discard / to abandon |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still |
| 回收 | huí shōu | to recycle / to reclaim / to retrieve / to recover / to recall (a defective product) |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 来 | lái | (between two verbs) in order to |
| 制作 | zhì zuò | to make; to manufacture |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 总而言之 | zǒng ér yán zhī | in short / in a word / in brief |
| 之前 | zhī qián | before / prior to |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing / stuff / person |
| 继续 | jì xù | to continue; to proceed with; to go on with |
| 廉价 | lián jià | cheaply-priced; low-cost |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 财政 | cái zhèng | public finance; government finance |
| 状况 | zhuàng kuàng | condition; state; situation |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 好处 | hǎo chù | benefit; advantage; merit / gain; profit |
| 而且 | ér qiě | (not only ...) but also / moreover / in addition / furthermore |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 条 | tiáo | classifier for long thin things |
| 一样 | yī yàng | same / like / equal to / the same as |
| 耐穿 | nài chuān | durable / proof against wear and tear |