爱思英语编者按：据英国每日邮报报道，每年的圣诞节，直到最后一刻，男人们还会为给自己的伴侣寻找完美的礼物而烦恼。事实上，他们只要在这个重要的日子之前稍稍多留意一下妻子或女友的表现，就可以免去许多心理负担。专家发现，女性通常会使用四种暗示方式，以确保在圣诞树下收到心仪的礼物。但专家发现，问题在于男性察觉不到这些信号，五分之四的男性会忽略这些暗示。该研究将其所谓的“事前广告”做了划分。研究发现，“频繁暗示型”或“礼物点名型”的女性最多（56%），其次是“口口相传型”，最后是“随意列举型”。然而，尽管女性会使用上述技巧，能够领会其中任何一种潜藏信息的男性还不到三分之一。相比之下，一半以上的女性能够领会这些暗示。

Every Christmas men struggle with the last-minute rush to find the perfect present for their partner.

Yet had they listened a little more closely to their wife or girlfriend in the run-up to the big day, they could have saved themselves a lot of stress.

Experts have identified four hinting styles that women use to try to ensure their favoured choice is placed under the Christmas tree.

The problem is, they found, men are oblivious to the signals – four out of five miss the hints.

The study broke down what it dubbed 'adventising'. Most women (56 per cent) were found to be 'pepper-hinters' or 'present pointers'. Next came 'Chinese whisperers' followed by 'careless listers'.

But despite all these tactics, less than a third of men picked up any of the subliminal messages – compared with more than half of women.

The report comes as it was revealed that more than a third of us have been disappointed by our partner's choice of presents and one in six is left upset or angry.

Body language expert Professor Geoff Beattie advises women to use heavy verbal tips to their partners to get what they want. He added: 'Hinting is an important part of everyday social interaction but to do this successfully it is vital that gender differences are taken into account.

'Women know what they want and are increasingly turning to "adventising in order to get it" – using clues to advertise to men what they want for Christmas.

'However, their covert suggestions can at times fall on deaf ears and men are missing out on a massive two thirds of crucial hints dropped by the ladies in their life.'

For the study, which was commissioned by Boots, male volunteers watched a video that depicted a couple chatting in the run-up to Christmas. The film showed the various hinting styles, with most men unable to identify them. 更多信息请访问：http://www.engbus.cn/

Recent research by the National Autonomous University of Mexico found that women are more adept at shopping than men because they are better at recalling landmarks – helpful when trying to get back to a dress they may have seen two hours earlier.