In his Case Study House, Ralph Rapson may have mispredicted just how the mechanical revolution would impact everyday life – few American families acquired helicopters, though most eventually got clothes dryers – but his belief that self-sufficiency was both desirable and inevitable was widely shared.
在他的案例研究住宅中，拉尔夫·拉普森可能错误地预测了机械革命将如何影响日常生活——很少有美国家庭拥有直升机，尽管大多数最终都拥有了干衣机——但他认为自给自足既是可取的也是不可避免的，这一信念在当时被广泛认同。
Children were not colour-coded at all until the early 20th century: in the era before domestic washing machines all babies wore white as a practical matter, since the only way of getting clothes clean was to boil them.
直到20世纪初，儿童才开始被按颜色进行区分：在家用洗衣机出现之前的时代，所有婴儿都穿白色衣服，这在实际中是合理的，因为当时唯一清洁衣物的方法就是煮沸。
Trade publications counselled department stores that, in order to increase sales, they should create a “third stepping stone” between infant wear and older kids’ clothes.
行业出版物建议百货商店，为了增加销量，他们应该在婴儿服装和较大儿童服装之间创造一个‘第三阶段’的产品。
focus on infant wear and older kids’ clothes
专注于婴儿服装和年长儿童的衣服
These labels encourage style-conscious consumers to see clothes as disposable - meant to last only a wash or two, although they don't advertise that - and to renew their wardrobe every few weeks.
这些品牌鼓励注重时尚的消费者将衣物视为一次性用品——只穿一两次就该丢弃，尽管它们并未公开宣传这一点——并每隔几周就更新一次衣橱。
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。