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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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英汉大词典(第2版):
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Main Street
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' s5 G1 w8 y( c0 U& u1 (小城镇的)大街,主街
7 J# ^4 c3 q# K. ?7 H# c, p/ n: n( }2 [总称](以保守、狭隘等为特征的)典型小城镇居民
6 G# w5 {( J) ?/ P8 ?8 O3 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)
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||Main Streeter
1 B8 E/ ?7 ]4 y9 x* m3 U3 t英汉大词典暗示义项2、3、4是个贬义词
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5 |0 h5 z( h4 n朗文当代4:
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9 D3 s+ E2 R. ^& {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:
$ i+ \5 `% \# y 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。
' d$ X- n# R( O! W) |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:. B0 j6 L7 [; Z' I+ W( E
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generic term for middle class America. Used extensively in the 2008 presidential election.
8 P% X- Z% y: l5 @$ d"Senator McCain just doesn't get it – he doesn't get that this crisis on Wall Street hit main street" quote Barack Obama
* T2 v2 |! n. H9 f; p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!
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2 ~/ V3 t: P6 r6 c0 h5 u% s' ^3 \) k; i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」. i1 S3 w- W6 }1 k! A5 N
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Merriam-Webster Dictionary新老意思都有:
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3 l! J- H: P. c, w3 }a : the sections of a country centering about its small towns
6 t: N, y% G5 l4 K4 C! T8 \# R4 Fb : a place or environment characterized by materialistic self-complacent provincialism2 i C& }/ H; l5 p: }* Z8 ]
c : middle america 3
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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。
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