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Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg has helped the Cleveland Clinic create a more stylish hospital gown without the peek-a-boo back.
服装设计师黛安．冯福斯坦博格已协助克里夫兰诊所创造更有型、且身体后方春光不会若隐若现的医院病人袍。
The gown features elements associated with von Furstenberg designs - a wrap dress with a bold, graphic print. The clinic’s logo is printed on the fabric.
这款病人袍带有冯福斯坦博格的设计特色——一件上面有粗体图案印花的围裹式洋装。该诊所的标志印在布料上。
The gown has side ties, which eliminate the embarrassing open-back look.
这件病人袍的侧边有绑带，减少（旧型病人袍因采后面绑带方式以致）后面门户大开的尴尬。
The Plain Dealer says the fabric was chosen to address a concern that patients were too warm in the hospital.
殷商报说，这种布料之所以获选用来制作病人袍，在于因应病人在医院里觉得太热的顾虑。
So designers had to find a material lightweight enough to be cool but tough enough to withstand frequent laundering and having monitors and drains pinned to it.
所以设计师们必须找出一种材料，既轻盈到足以让人觉得凉爽，又坚韧到足以挺得过经常有监视器与管子钉在上面。
Feedback has been mostly positive. Some men have complained that the gown is too feminine, so the design team is considering an alternate print.
该款病人袍的响应大多都相当正面。有些男病患抱怨新病人袍太娘，因此设计团队正在考虑另一种印花。
新闻辞典
gown：名词，女礼服；长袍。evening gown，晚礼服；night gown，睡衣。cap and gown，毕业生帽与袍。例句：It’s compulsory for graduates to wear cap and gown for attending the commencement ceremony.（毕业生参加毕业典礼时必须穿着毕业生帽与袍。）
associate with：动词，使有关，有联系。
withstand：动词，禁得起；抵挡。例句：The straw hut is too fragile to withstand heavy storms.（这栋茅草屋太脆弱以致无法抵挡大风暴。）
