­　　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.

­　　根據校服供應商Trutex的一份家庭樣本測試，不知道該如何清洗衣物可讓家庭損失數千英鎊。

­　　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。超過四分之三（78%）的男性總是使用洗衣機上的同一程序，不管洗滌說明。

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

­　　近一半的女性（48%）僅使用三個以下的程序。

­　　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.

­　　雖然有近八成人（79%）認為查看衣服上的標簽很重要，但只有不到一半的人（39%）在購買新衣服時會查看標簽。

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

­　　在測試中，約九成人稱，他們沒發現有些衣物不應該放進滾筒烘干機里。

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

­　　熨燙是人們最熟悉的圖標，然而，六成人不查看洗滌標簽就想當然使用高溫蒸汽熨燙。

­　　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.

­　　大多數女性（90%）表示，她們兒時學會幫媽媽洗衣服，幾乎所有女性（95%）都將白色衣物和其他顏色衣物分開洗滌。

­　　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%的男性在家里幫媽媽洗過衣服，或者洗自己的臟衣服。

­　　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，他們從沒看過洗滌說明，而六分之一的人從沒用過洗衣機。

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

­　　總的來說，不到一半的（47%）被調查者“經常”查看洗滌標簽。

­　　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公司總經理馬修?伊斯特說：“研究表明，關于洗滌標簽的含義，人們非常缺乏相關知識，并忽視了它們的重要性。”