Most women will have the occasional moan about the length of their legs, the size of their waist or the shape of their bottom.
多数女性都会偶尔叹息自己的腿不够长,腰不够细,或臀部不够丰满挺翘。
But it seems Pippa Middleton and her peers might find less to grumble1 about than most – this year, at least.
但皮帕•米德尔顿和她的同龄人与多数人相比却似乎很少抱怨——至少今年是这样。
Women feel their sexiest at the age of 28, according to a survey.
据一项调查显示,女人在28岁的时候觉得自己最性感。
Miss Middleton, millionairess Tamara Ecclestone and actress Mila Kunis are all at the magic age for embracing their sex appeal, according to the research.
该调查称,米德尔顿小姐、超级富婆塔玛拉•埃克尔斯通和女演员米拉•库尼丝都处于正散发着性感魅力的奇妙年龄。
Although they may feel most sexy at 28, a woman’s confidence doesn`t peak until she is 32 - with supportive friends and family acting2 as the biggest boost to their self-belief.
也许女人觉得自己在28岁的时候最性感,但她们的自信通常到32岁时才会达到顶峰——支持她们的朋友和家人会最大程度地提升她们的自信心。
The findings come from a new study by Lil-Lets which focused on British women’s attitudes towards being female.
该发现来自英国研究机构Lil-Lets的一项新研究。这一机构主要研究英国女性身为女人的心态。
Researchers found that most women are happy with the shape of their bum3 and boobs and the size of their hips4 and waist.
研究人员发现多数女性都对自己的臀型、胸型和腰臀尺寸感到满意。
In fact, three quarters of British women said they would not change their body shape if they were given the opportunity.
实际上,四分之三的英国女性都表示即便有机会也不会去刻意改变自己的体形。
The body part women are most proud of is their eyes, with 23 percent feeling that they are their best physical attribute. Twenty percent opted5 for their breast, with brains coming in third (13 percent).
女人们最引以为傲的部位是她们的眼睛,有23%的女性认为眼睛是她们最好看的身体特征。20%的女性更欣赏自己的胸部,排在第三位的是头脑(13%)。
When asked which part of themselves they would change if they had to, 41 percent of women said they`d like to have longer, slimmer legs.
当被问到如果一定要改变自己身体的某一部位她们会如何选择时,41%的女性说她们想拥有更修长更苗条的双腿。
And the aspects of womanhood which they enjoyed the most were getting dressed up, wearing heels and doing their hair and make-up.
而身为女人她们最喜欢做的事就是打扮自己、穿高跟鞋、做头发和化妆。
Although they may feel most sexy at 28, women’s confidence peaks at 32 - with supportive friends and family the biggest boost to their ego6.
尽管她们可能觉得自己在28岁时最性感,但她们的自信通常到32岁才会达到顶峰——支持她们的朋友和家人是她们自信起来的最大动力。
A fifth of those surveyed wished they could be more confident around men while the biggest reason for broken confidence was being dumped by a partner.
五分之一接受调查的女性希望她们能在男人面前更自信,而女性自信心崩溃最常见的原因就是被男友甩掉。
1 grumble [ˈgrʌmbl] 第7级 | |
vi.抱怨;咕哝;n.抱怨,牢骚;咕哝,隆隆声 | |
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2 acting [ˈæktɪŋ] 第7级 | |
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的 | |
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3 bum [bʌm] 第10级 | |
n.臀部;流浪汉,乞丐;vt.乞求,乞讨 | |
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4 hips [hips] 第7级 | |
abbr.high impact polystyrene 高冲击强度聚苯乙烯,耐冲性聚苯乙烯n.臀部( hip的名词复数 );[建筑学]屋脊;臀围(尺寸);臀部…的 | |
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