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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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4 T9 y! l3 c- l% M7 `$ a英汉大词典(第2版): D V- ~( h u
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[亦作m- s-] <美>
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2 [总称](以保守、狭隘等为特征的)典型小城镇居民. c1 n/ _. j" M, v# f* C
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)
; j _8 t$ g9 D. X! i4 典型小城镇观念(或行为)(指保守、狭隘、实利主义等). P, r8 c: Y% m7 v4 B: q- V
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英汉大词典暗示义项2、3、4是个贬义词
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朗文当代4:
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8 l2 _+ p. Q& d: |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:
- E' t: z; l& ] 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。
0 L4 [# i! X; M1 `6 h" X8 l: 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?; Z; D9 u. ?/ {4 k
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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.
8 O8 q% o3 H6 c0 p( f6 m"Senator McCain just doesn't get it – he doesn't get that this crisis on Wall Street hit main street" quote Barack Obama
9 c7 f& g, {/ x7 k# e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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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」" n6 N& N9 ]( l2 ~
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Merriam-Webster Dictionary新老意思都有:
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a : the sections of a country centering about its small towns
1 o; Y2 _1 k6 Z' m6 ^7 Ob : a place or environment characterized by materialistic self-complacent provincialism
0 F6 s! O1 T$ n3 Gc : middle america 3
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" i1 J9 W4 Z7 u) B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。 t% U+ M5 M! d) B: b3 ` a
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