有关衣服的英语作文（要翻译）

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A feature of all modern human societies is the wearing of clothing, a category encompassing a wide variety of materials that cover the body. The primary purpose of clothing is functional, as a protection from the elements. Clothes also enhance safety during hazardous activities such as hiking and cooking, by providing a barrier between the skin and the environment. Further, clothes provide a hygienic barrier, keeping toxins away from the body and limiting the transmission of germs.

Clothing performs important social and cultural functions. A uniform, for example, may identify civil authority figures, such as police and army personnel, or it may identify team, group or political affiliations. In many societies, norms about clothing reflect standards of modesty, religion, gender, and social status. Clothing may also function as a form of adornment and an expression of personal taste or style.

Throughout history, many materials have been used for clothes. Materials have ranged from leather and furs, to weaved and woven materials, to elaborate and exotic natural and synthetic fabrics. Recent scientific research estimates that humans have been wearing clothing for as long as 650,000 years.[1] Others claim that clothing probably did not originate until the Neolithic Age (the "New Stone Age").[citation needed]

Articles carried rather than worn (such as purses), worn on a single part of the body and easily removed (scarves), worn purely for adornment (jewellery), or those that serve a function other than protection (eyeglasses), are normally considered accessories rather than clothing.

Social status

Alim Khan's bemedaled robe sends a social message about his wealth, status, and powerIn some societies, clothing may be used to indicate rank or status. In ancient Rome, for example, only senators were permitted to wear garments dyed with Tyrian purple. In traditional Hawaiian society only high-ranking chiefs could wear feather cloaks and palaoa or carved whale teeth. Under the Travancore Kingdom of Kerala, (India), lower caste women had to pay a tax for the right to cover their upper body. In China, before the establishment of the republic, only the emperor could wear yellow. History provides many examples of elaborate sumptuary laws that regulated what people could wear. In societies without such laws, which includes most modern societies, social status is instead signaled by the purchase of rare or luxury items that are limited by cost to those with wealth or status. In addition, peer pressure influences clothing choice.

[edit] Religion

See also: Category:Religious vesture

Muslims usually wear white robes and a cap during prayersReligious clothing might be considered a special case of occupational clothing. Sometimes it is worn only during the performance of religious ceremonies. However, it may also be worn everyday as a marker for special religious status.

For example, Jains wear unstitched cloth pieces when performing religious ceremonies. The unstitched cloth signifies unified and complete devotion to the task at hand, with no digression.[citation needed] Sikhs wear a turban as it is a part of their religion.

The cleanliness of religious dresses in Eastern Religions like Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism is of paramount importance, since it indicates purity.

Clothing figures prominently in the Bible where it appears in numerous contexts, the more prominent ones being: the story of Adam and Eve, Joseph's cloak, Judah and Tamar, Mordechai and Esther. Furthermore the priests officiating in the Temple had very specific garments, the lack of which made one liable to death.

Jewish ritual also requires rending of one's upper garment as a sign of mourning. This practice is found in the Bible when Jacob hears of the apparent death of his son Joseph.

相关的中文平行文本如下：

服装（亦称为衣物、衣服、衣着）最广义的定义，除了指躯干与四肢的遮蔽物之外，还包括了手部（手套）、脚部（鞋子、凉鞋、靴子）与头部（帽子）的遮蔽物。几乎所有的人类都有穿着衣物的文化。人类穿戴衣物除了有功能性的理由外，也有社会性的理由。衣物能够保护脆弱的人体免于天气与环境的伤害，而同时服装中的每个物件也带有某种文化与社会意义。

社会阶级

在许多社会中，拥有高地位的人会将某些特别的服装或饰品保留给自己来使用。只有罗马皇帝可以穿戴染成紫红色（Tyrian purple）的服装；只有高地位的夏威夷酋长可以穿戴羽毛大衣与鲸齿雕刻。古代中国只有皇帝皇后才可以穿十二章衣和翟服。在许多情况下，有些抑制浪费的法律体系会精细地管理谁可以穿什么服装。在其他的一些社会中，没有法律会去禁止低地位者去穿戴高地位者的服装，然而那些服装的高价位很自然就限制了他人的购买与使用。在当代西方社会里，只有富人能够负担得起高级订制服装（haute couture）。担心受到社会排挤也有可能限制了服装的选择

[编辑] 职业

军人、警察、消防队员通常会穿着制服，而许多企业中的员工也可能如此。中小学生经常会穿着学校制服，而大学生则穿着学院服装。宗教成员可能会穿着修道士服、道袍、袈裟。有时候单是一件服装或配件就能够传达出一个人的职业与／或阶级。比如说，主厨头上所戴的高顶厨师帽。

[编辑] 道德、政治与宗教

在世界上许多地区中，民族服装与服装风格代表了某个人隶属于某个村庄、地位、宗教等等。一个苏格兰人会用格子花纹（tartan）来宣告他的家世；一个正统犹太人会用侧边发辫（sidelock）来宣告他的信仰；而一个法国乡村妇女会用她的帽子（cap or coif）来宣告她的村庄。

服装也可以用来表现一个人对其文化规范与主流价值观的异议，以及个人的独立性。在十九世纪的欧洲，艺术家与作家会过著波希米亚式的生活，并且刻意穿着某些服装来震惊他人：乔治·桑（George Sand）穿着男性的服装、女性解放运动者穿着短灯笼裤（bloomers）、男性艺术家穿着丝绒马甲（waistcoat）与俗丽的领巾。波希米亚族、披头族（beatnik）、嬉皮、哥德族、庞克族继续在二十世纪的西方进行这个反文化传统。近年来连高级订制服装都抄袭了街头时尚，这或许让街头时尚丧失了某些震惊他人的力量，然而它仍旧激励无数人试图把自己打扮的酷炫有型。

婚姻状态

印度女人一旦结了婚，她们会在发际间点上朱砂痣（sindoor），一旦守寡，她们就要抛弃朱砂痣与珠宝并且穿着朴素的白衣。西方世界的男女可能会戴上结婚戒指来表示他们的婚姻状态。请参见婚姻状态的可见标志。