为什么不能把钱包放在后口袋

 For those who prefer to travel light and keep everything in their pockets, there's some bad news.

那些喜欢轻装上路、把所有东西都塞在口袋里的人，有些坏消息你们必须得听听。

If your wallet is jam-packed with old receipts, coupons¹ - maybe even a bit of money - it might be time to invest in either a man-bag, a handbag or a sturdy rucksack.

如果你的钱包被旧收据和各种券塞得鼓鼓的，甚至还装了不少钞票，那么是时候给自己购进一个男士手提包或是一个结实的背包了。

The reason being, keeping your wallet in your back pocket is putting you at risk.

原因是，把钱包放在你的后口袋里会让你陷入风险。

But this time, it's not about being an easy target for pick-pockets (although do be wary² of them too).

不过这次，我们要说的不是你会很容易变成扒手的目标（尽管你也得防着他们）。

为什么不能把钱包放在后口袋

New York City-based chiropractor Dr Arnie Angrist warns keeping a "fat wallet" in your back pocket is doing your back, hips⁴, neck, pelvis and even your bottom potentially a lot of harm.

在纽约工作的脊椎按摩师阿尼?安格瑞斯特医生警告说，把鼓鼓的钱包放在后口袋里将对你的后背、髋部、颈部、骨盆甚至臀部产生很多潜在危害。

How?

危害如何产生？

The doctor explains how sitting on a wallet "creates an asymmetry⁵ or imbalance that distorts your pelvis and hips."

这名医生解释说，坐在钱包上“产生的不对称性会扭曲你的骨盆和髋部”。

Having one hip³ sat higher than the other causes the back and neck to compensate⁶ for the unevenness⁷, which, in turn can lead to problems in these areas.

一半屁股坐得比另一半高导致后背和颈部相应地扭曲来弥补这种不平衡，从而导致这些部位也出现问题。

But that's not all.

但这并不是全部。

A professor of clinical sciences at University of Bridgeport College of Chiropractic, Dr Chris Good also bore more bad news.

桥港大学脊骨神经医学院临床科学系的教授克里斯?古德医生也带来了一些坏消息。

He explained how sitting on a wallet can cause the spine⁸ to become tilted¹⁰, or for the body to compensate for the tilt⁹.

他解释道，坐在钱包上会导致脊柱倾斜，或者让身体其他部位来平衡这一倾斜。

Over time, this could lead to serious problems for spinal¹¹ joints¹², muscles and discs, resulting in serious pain and even failure.

时间久了，这将会导致脊柱关节、肌肉和椎间盘产生严重问题，最终导致严重的疼痛甚至行动困难。

As for our posteriors, according to Dr Good, a wallet in a back pocket "could cause irritation¹³ to a number of important structures in the buttocks" including damage to nerves, muscles, arteries¹⁴ and veins¹⁵.

古德医生指出，至于我们的臀部，放在后口袋的钱包“将会刺激臀部的好几个重要组织”，并对神经、肌肉、动脉和静脉造成损伤。

Vocabulary

rucksack: （帆布）背包

chiropractor: 脊椎按摩师

pelvis: 骨盆

1 coupons   

n.礼券( coupon的名词复数 )；优惠券；订货单；参赛表

参考例句：

• The company gives away free coupons for drinks or other items. 公司为饮料或其它项目发放免费赠券。 来自辞典例句
• Do you have any coupons? 你们有优惠卡吗？ 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 口语

2 wary   

adj.谨慎的，机警的，小心的

参考例句：

• He is wary of telling secrets to others.他谨防向他人泄露秘密。
• Paula frowned,suddenly wary.宝拉皱了皱眉头，突然警惕起来。

3 hip   

n.臀部，髋；屋脊

参考例句：

• The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
• The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。

4 hips   

abbr.high impact polystyrene 高冲击强度聚苯乙烯，耐冲性聚苯乙烯n.臀部( hip的名词复数 )；[建筑学]屋脊；臀围（尺寸）；臀部…的

参考例句：

• She stood with her hands on her hips. 她双手叉腰站着。
• They wiggled their hips to the sound of pop music. 他们随着流行音乐的声音摇晃着臀部。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 asymmetry   

n.不对称；adj.不对称的，不对等的

参考例句：

• These bands must introduce longitudinal asymmetry in the planetary albedo.这些云带必定引起行星反照率的经向不对称性。
• In any event the asymmetry is clear enough.总之，不对称是非常明显的。

6 compensate   

vt.补偿，赔偿；酬报 vi.弥补；补偿；抵消

参考例句：

• She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence. 她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足。
• Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. 一个人失去了键康是不可弥补的。

7 unevenness   

n. 不平坦，不平衡，不匀性

参考例句：

• This unevenness comes about because topics are developed in a logical order. 所以出现这种不平衡，是因为课题是按逻辑顺序展开的。
• I sanded the corners to take away any unevenness in the joints. 我用砂纸磨边边角角的地方，去除接头处的不均。

8 spine   

n.脊柱，脊椎；(动植物的)刺；书脊

参考例句：

• He broke his spine in a fall from a horse.他从马上跌下摔断了脊梁骨。
• His spine developed a slight curve.他的脊柱有点弯曲。

9 tilt   

v.(使)倾侧；(使)倾斜；n.倾侧；倾斜

参考例句：

• She wore her hat at a tilt over her left eye.她歪戴着帽子遮住左眼。
• The table is at a slight tilt.这张桌子没放平，有点儿歪.

10 tilted   

v. 倾斜的

参考例句：

• Suddenly the boat tilted to one side. 小船突然倾向一侧。
• She tilted her chin at him defiantly. 她向他翘起下巴表示挑衅。

11 spinal   

adj.针的，尖刺的，尖刺状突起的；adj.脊骨的，脊髓的

参考例句：

• After three days in Japan,the spinal column becomes extraordinarily flexible.在日本三天，就已经使脊椎骨变得富有弹性了。
• Your spinal column is made up of 24 movable vertebrae.你的脊柱由24个活动的脊椎骨构成。

12 joints   

接头( joint的名词复数 )； 关节； 公共场所（尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所） （非正式）； 一块烤肉 （英式英语）

参考例句：

• Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on gas mains. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在煤气的总管道上了。
• Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on steam pipes. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在蒸气管道上了。

13 irritation   

n.激怒，恼怒，生气

参考例句：

• He could not hide his irritation that he had not been invited.他无法掩饰因未被邀请而生的气恼。
• Barbicane said nothing,but his silence covered serious irritation.巴比康什么也不说，但是他的沉默里潜伏着阴郁的怒火。

14 arteries   

n.动脉( artery的名词复数 )；干线，要道

参考例句：

• Even grafting new blood vessels in place of the diseased coronary arteries has been tried. 甚至移植新血管代替不健康的冠状动脉的方法都已经试过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This is the place where the three main arteries of West London traffic met. 这就是伦敦西部三条主要交通干线的交汇处。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 veins   

n.纹理；矿脉( vein的名词复数 )；静脉；叶脉；纹理

参考例句：

• The blood flows from the capillaries back into the veins. 血从毛细血管流回静脉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I felt a pleasant glow in all my veins from the wine. 喝过酒后我浑身的血都热烘烘的，感到很舒服。 来自《简明英汉词典》