­　　The ignorance about how clothes should be cleaned can cost families thousands of pounds, according to a sample test of householders by school uniform supplier Trutex.

­　　根据校服供应商Trutex的一份家庭样本测试，不知道该如何清洗衣物可让家庭损失数千英镑。

­　　Men are the worst offenders with more than three quarters (78 percent) always using the same programme on a washing machine regardless of the instructions.

­　　男性是最大受害者。超过四分之三（78%）的男性总是使用洗衣机上的同一程序，不管洗涤说明。

­　　Almost half of women (48 percent) used just three programmes or less.

­　　近一半的女性（48%）仅使用三个以下的程序。

­　　While almost eight out of ten people (79 percent) believe it is important to check the labels on their clothes, less than half (39 percent) look at them when buying a new item.

­　　虽然有近八成人（79%）认为查看衣服上的标签很重要，但只有不到一半的人（39%）在购买新衣服时会查看标签。

­　　In the test some nine out of ten said they were unaware that some clothing should never be put in the tumble drier.

­　　在测试中，约九成人称，他们没发现有些衣物不应该放进滚筒烘干机里。

­　　Ironing was the most understood symbol however six in ten people automatically use a high heat steam without checking.

­　　熨烫是人们最熟悉的图标，然而，六成人不查看洗涤标签就想当然使用高温蒸汽熨烫。

­　　Most women (90 percent) said they had learned how to wash clothes when helping their mothers as young girls with almost all (95 percent) separating out whites and colors.

­　　大多数女性（90%）表示，她们儿时学会帮妈妈洗衣服，几乎所有女性（95%）都将白色衣物和其他颜色衣物分开洗涤。

­　　This compares with only 15 percent of men who helped their mothers or washed their own dirty linen when at home.

­　　相比之下，只有15%的男性在家里帮妈妈洗过衣服，或者洗自己的脏衣服。

­　　One in four said they never looked at instructions and one in six had never used a washing machine.

­　　四分之一的人表示，他们从没看过洗涤说明，而六分之一的人从没用过洗衣机。

­　　Overall less than half (47 percent) of all who took part in the study "often" check labels.

­　　总的来说，不到一半的（47%）被调查者“经常”查看洗涤标签。

­　　Matthew Easter, managing director at Trutex said: "The research shows a huge lack of knowledge when it comes to knowing what care labels mean and an ignorance of their importance.

­　　TruteX公司总经理马修?伊斯特说：“研究表明，关于洗涤标签的含义，人们非常缺乏相关知识，并忽视了它们的重要性。”