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最近，美国社会深陷肺炎停摆和解封的泥潭，美股却仍然涨啊涨，涨啊涨，于是main street和wall street 这一组对立的词又频频出现了。
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1 (小城镇的)大街,主街
) A5 \' a0 g/ y% g* f+ k) U2 d2 [总称](以保守、狭隘等为特征的)典型小城镇居民; |8 O* y6 a/ T9 B9 Q/ Y2 Y5 v
3 小城镇周围的乡村地区;以狭隘乡土观念和实利主义为特征的地方(或环境)
2 c" N! J# Z5 \/ v- Y9 D3 K* H4 典型小城镇观念(或行为)(指保守、狭隘、实利主义等)
1 o$ h, g- I' H: W||Main Streeter
英汉大词典暗示义项2、3、4是个贬义词, } J; Q$ e0 m- L8 Z
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朗文当代4:
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2. [U] AmE ordinary people who believe in traditional American values 【美】 〔信仰美国传统价值观的〕普通大众，老百姓:
* k. B) g6 ]6 K0 J0 y0 z6 Q The President's new proposals won't go down too well on Main Street. 总统的新提议不太会受到普通老百姓的欢迎。
7 R3 }8 n+ m9 b+ {5 k朗文和其他ESL词典却说这是个中性词，没有贬斥色彩，这是咋回事？打架了？- C0 [2 e' y& S3 O# Y2 l% P' @! ~
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原来，ESL词典记录的意思是奥巴马时代用的新意思，Urban Dictionary：
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main street
1 ~; G6 J6 g% Q+ i$ I generic term for middle class America. Used extensively in the 2008 presidential election.
8 z1 Y* M& y2 t& @"Senator McCain just doesn't get it – he doesn't get that this crisis on Wall Street hit main street" quote Barack Obama
奥巴马用它指中产阶级老百姓，ESL词典喜新厌旧，老的意思就不收了。这才过了几年啊！, ]: `/ e! f9 v5 Q
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英汉大词典记录的意思是老意思，W3说：「influenced in meaning by Main Street (1920), novel by Sinclair Lewis died 1951 American novelist and playwright that portrays materialistic provincialism as a characteristic of American life in a small town」
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a : the sections of a country centering about its small towns
1 G' S; J% @/ J+ ]7 b3 ob : a place or environment characterized by materialistic self-complacent provincialism4 b4 g) u/ Y/ l2 \9 V
c : middle america 3
2b是老意思，2c是新意思+ E6 L; Q3 d( q, s& `. x0 t. {
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如果只用ESL词典，这个问题不是问题，因为人家帮你把老意思藏好了（但是老一点的书能不能读懂是问题）。这个帖子给用了多本词典的朋友参考。: e7 G1 V9 M" V1 `6 L
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