雙語研究：女性穿紅色衣服最具吸引力

摘要:現在科學研究指出，女性身上紅色的裝飾確實會向他人發送誘惑的信號——不僅向男性，也會向其他女性發送這種信號。

In the 1939 film classic The Women, much is made of the alluring quality of a specific color of nail polish: “Jungle Red.” It turns out that the characters’ faith in the product was not misplaced.

New research suggests the color red on a woman does indeed signal sexual availability—not only to men, but also to other women.

女性穿紅色衣服最具吸引力

在1939年的經典影片《女人們》中，主角們常常說到一種特殊的指甲油顏色——“叢林紅”特別具有誘惑力。科學證明，這些電影角色對這種指甲油色號的篤信並非沒有根據。

現在科學研究指出，女性身上紅色的裝飾確實會向他人發送誘惑的信號——不僅向男性，也會向其他女性發送這種信號。

As we have noted previously, studies have found that men tend to view women in red as more sexually attractive. But, ladies, if you were thinking wearing that color would send a subliminal signal only males would pick up on, you’re out of luck.

我們已經知道，研究發現，男性往往認爲穿紅衣的女性更具有吸引力。但是姑娘們，如果你以爲穿紅衣只會對男性發送微妙的信號，那你就錯了。

“Our results suggest that women perceive and behave toward other women in red as if these other women are actively advertising” their openness to the possibility of a sexual encounter, writes a research team led by University of Rochester psychologist Adam Pazda.

羅徹斯特大學的心理學家亞當·帕扎達所帶領的研究團隊指出，“我們的研究成果表明，當某些女性穿着紅衣的時候，其他女性就會認爲她們正在積極地招蜂引蝶，她們對這些紅衣女士的態度和交流方式都會有所不同。”

Pazda and his colleagues describe a experiment conducted on two different continents that provide evidence that wearing red sets off certain alarm bells. In the first, 196 women recruited online viewed a photo of “a moderately attractive women in her late 20s.”

帕扎達的團隊在兩塊不同的大陸上進行了三項實驗，這些實驗的結果證實，穿紅衣的女性會發出警示信號。在第一項實驗中，科學家們請196名參與實驗的女性觀看一張“具有現代美的二十八九歲的女性”照片。

Half saw an image of her wearing a white dress; the rest viewed an otherwise identical image of her in a red dress. Afterwards, all responded on a sliding scale to a series of statements such as “This person is sexy.”

一半的實驗參與者看到的照片上姑娘穿着白衣;另一半的實驗參與者看到的照片上姑娘穿着紅衣。實驗結果是，所有的參與者都認爲“這個人很性感”，但是性感的程度卻有明顯的高低之分。

As expected, the woman was seen as more sexy if she was wearing red. This held true whether or not the study participants were in a committed relationship.

如科學家們所料想的，穿紅衣的姑娘被認爲更加性感。無論實驗參與者是否單身，他們的觀點都是這樣的。

The researchers caution that, needless to say, “not all women displaying red are actively advertising sexual availability.” For those who are not, it’s valuable to understand the ways their wardrobe choices are being interpreted—both by men, and by their female acquaintances.

研究者們提醒道，“並不是所有女性在穿紅衣的時候都在故意顯露性感。”——這一點毋庸置疑。對那些無意穿紅色衣服的姑娘們，你們有必要知道：你衣着的顏色不僅會向男性、也會向女性同胞們發送某種信息。

　　吸引力的英語怎麼說

attractive [ә'træktiv]

adj.吸引人的,有魅力的

　　雙語例句:

當今其他方面的吸引力 太強, 所以戲劇舞臺的觀衆越來越少

There are so many counter-attractions these days that the live theatre is losing its audiences.

第一家公司的還盤很有吸引力 , 從而贏得了訂單

The first company made a very attractive counter-offer and won the order.

電視對我沒有什麼吸引力 。

The television has little attraction for me.

他[他的外表]毫無吸引力

He/His appearance is not at all prepossessing.

他又感到了海上生活的吸引力 。

He felt the pull of the sea again.

那種新式樣不久就失去了吸引力 。

The new fashion soon lost its appeal.

重力天體如地球，所施加的自然吸引力 ，如地球，對處於或接近其表面的物體有將它們拉向其中心的趨勢

The natural force of attraction exerted by a celestial body, such as Earth, upon objects at or near its surface, tending to draw them toward the center of the body.

現時去國營企業就職的想法對年青人沒有多大吸引力 。

The idea of working for state-owned enterprises has little attraction to young people nowadays.

月球對地球的吸引力 造成潮汐。