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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。 Q4 }7 n" f, J5 I8 a7 d
* _8 L c: Z) s9 J4 r- w英汉大词典(第2版)：
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Main Street
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2 [总称](以保守、狭隘等为特征的)典型小城镇居民+ q; l9 l% U+ C( u
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)
8 v2 m; g8 h0 a' Q3 {; j4 H4 典型小城镇观念(或行为)(指保守、狭隘、实利主义等)
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英汉大词典暗示义项2、3、4是个贬义词* ?; C4 M3 `2 N+ h# @
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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: * m6 h, Q1 K1 m
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。
$ M% X8 j9 q" y9 H; G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？
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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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generic term for middle class America. Used extensively in the 2008 presidential election.! m/ y% H9 M( G
"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！$ y) `4 |/ H( b' H) v+ @4 Z
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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」8 b! J0 I. H3 ^' L. K2 E; L7 A
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b : a place or environment characterized by materialistic self-complacent provincialism% a* s3 P& e) y3 b
c : middle america 3
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. n. P: E, P( Z6 r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。 a: c* \% t0 `0 V9 ?; f5 `
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