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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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! ]2 H0 v% k# x4 f3 u* E0 M1 (小城镇的)大街,主街
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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)
; P1 [8 y+ v% E! F+ a2 q- w4 典型小城镇观念(或行为)(指保守、狭隘、实利主义等)$ V. h' P$ h% J) q) b
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0 T$ s: |6 i& d- Z' |英汉大词典暗示义项2、3、4是个贬义词* o! Y! O+ q, Q
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$ M- n/ [/ [& ?, S/ D2. [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:
2 N7 ?, u- M8 v4 a% a' g: O 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。
# c. u c; M* g7 f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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4 m3 x0 U# a0 d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
3 i. ^) s, a( u- C/ o* |: q0 w generic term for middle class America. Used extensively in the 2008 presidential election.
% n2 I% A+ [6 D"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！! K( h6 L) B3 z3 k4 N9 b8 a
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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」 n$ K1 [4 S! k! s4 e9 c- A
. B; S* M$ V. D4 ~# }4 Q, U7 IMerriam-Webster Dictionary新老意思都有：
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: the principal street of a small town
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a : the sections of a country centering about its small towns
" T0 }9 e) z. R( A# u8 _; s$ vb : a place or environment characterized by materialistic self-complacent provincialism
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2b是老意思，2c是新意思
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5 k- ?# X5 E, M) Z3 u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。4 o7 }" k' w6 {5 @! ^) ~
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