| Chinanews, Jan. 26 – A recent survey shows that in 2006, beauty consumption became the largest consumption item for women in cities, with every woman spending an average of 3,618 yuan on things related with beauty, which range from clothes, facial beauty and hairdos, to figure shaping.
The report, titled "2006 Chinese Women's Consumption Investigation1 and Statistics", was released Thursday by Huakun Female Consumer Center and Huakun Female Investigation Center, which had interviewed women in 20 cities across China to make it.
The report shows that young career women spend the most on beauty services and goods. Among all the 727 women interviewees who earn an average salary of 4,378 yuan a month, 80% have their hair permed, 72% have their hair dyed, and 65% do hair care regularly. In addition, 43% of the women wear make-up regularly and 32% go to beauty parlours regularly and spend an average of 354 yuan every month in beauty parlours. They spend 3,977 yuan every year on average on clothes, 1,761 yuan on shoes, and 1,276 yuan on bags. They spend 1,749 yuan to buy watches, 936 yuan on ordinary ornaments2 and 6,110 yuan on expensive ornaments.
The report also shows that 36.9% of women in the survey often use credit cards when buying things and 61.9% of the women have had credit cards. To them, credit cards have replaced cash to become the most important way of buying things.
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investigation
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| n.调查，调查研究 |
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- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
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ornaments
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| n.装饰( ornament的名词复数 )；点缀；装饰品；首饰v.装饰，点缀，美化( ornament的第三人称单数 ) |
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- The shelves were chock-a-block with ornaments. 架子上堆满了装饰品。
- Playing the piano sets up resonance in those glass ornaments. 一弹钢琴那些玻璃饰物就会产生共振。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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