眾所周知，“包”治百病。女人對(duì)包包的熱愛是不分國(guó)界的，不論你是中國(guó)女人、美國(guó)女人還是英國(guó)女人，碰到自己喜歡的包包都是難以抗拒，最后只能買買買。新調(diào)查顯示，英國(guó)女性平均每人每年會(huì)購(gòu)買3個(gè)新的手提包，且人均擁有14個(gè)。調(diào)查報(bào)告還表明，英國(guó)女性一輩子花在包包上的錢足以買一輛小汽車。果然，包包才是女人們的真愛。

Investing in a lifetime's love of handbags costs women the price of a car, according to a new report.
新發(fā)布的一份報(bào)告表明，女人一輩子花費(fèi)在手提包上的錢加起來都足以買輛汽車了。畢竟手提包是她們的畢生所愛。

A Simply Be survey of 2,000 women found that the average UK woman splashes out on three new handbags a year at a cost of ￡32 each, spending over ￡6,000 - the equivalent of the price of a small car - over a life time.
綜合性時(shí)尚品牌Simply Be針對(duì)2000名女性做的一項(xiàng)調(diào)查表明，英國(guó)女性平均每年購(gòu)買3個(gè)新的手提包，平均每個(gè)包的花銷為32英磅。如此計(jì)算，女人一輩子在買包上就要花費(fèi)6000多英鎊，和一輛小汽車的價(jià)格相當(dāng)。

Handbags were also revealed as the favourite purchase of one in two women, with 53 percent saying they are the fashion item they most enjoy buying for themselves ahead of clothes, jewellery and even shoes.
調(diào)查還顯示，每?jī)擅灾?，就有一名女性最愛?gòu)買手提包。有53%的受訪者表示，買包讓她們最為享受，衣服、珠寶甚至鞋子都不及手提包這項(xiàng)時(shí)尚單品。

Although celebrities and wealthy women may think nothing of forking out thousands for just one exclusive designer bag, 63 percent of women will wait patiently for a sale to buy the handbag they want, the study showed.
對(duì)于女名人和女富豪來說，花上幾千磅買下一款設(shè)計(jì)師獨(dú)家設(shè)計(jì)的包包不算什么。但調(diào)查中63%的女性則表示會(huì)耐心等到打折時(shí)再買心儀的那一款。

On average UK women own 14 handbags each, which includes three bags which are used regularly, two others used occasionally, five "best" bags brought out to go with particular outfits and four evening bags.
平均而言，每位英國(guó)女性都擁有14個(gè)手提包。其中有3個(gè)常用的，2個(gè)偶爾用的，5個(gè)最好的用于搭配特別的衣服，還有4個(gè)參加晚宴時(shí)用。

The most popular colour is black, followed by brown.
黑色是英國(guó)女性買包最愛挑的顏色，其次是棕色。

Jenni Banford of Simply Be said: "It is amazing how British women's love of handbags can add up to so many over the years.
時(shí)尚品牌Simply Be的詹妮?班福德說：“英國(guó)女性對(duì)手提包年深日久的鐘愛居然會(huì)花費(fèi)這么多，真的太不可思議了?！?/p>

"Although some of us will buy less than three new ones a year, many of us will certainly buy more.
“盡管我們中有一些人每年只買一兩個(gè)新包，但大部分人每年買包的數(shù)量還是會(huì)超過3個(gè)?！?/p>

"There is something wonderfully satisfying about using a new bag for the first time.
“第一次把新買的包包拿在手上用時(shí)，女人們會(huì)產(chǎn)生一種特別的滿足感。”

"It's easy to feel you need to own a good selection so you always have one to go with whatever outfit you are wearing."
“女人們都認(rèn)為自己需要擁有各種包包，這樣無論穿什么衣服，總有可以搭配的包包。”

The UK handbag market is worth ￡1.34 billion and grew by 5 percent last year, according to recent figures from market analysts Mintel.
市場(chǎng)分析公司英敏特最近的調(diào)查數(shù)據(jù)顯示，英國(guó)手提包市場(chǎng)價(jià)值為13.4億英鎊，去年還增加了5%。

英文來源：鏡報(bào)
翻譯：郭雯熙（中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)愛新聞iNews譯者）
審校&編輯：丹妮