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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。- M b0 k, b' x2 r' H% s
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英汉大词典(第2版):
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Main Street
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1 (小城镇的)大街,主街% N2 S% d) {6 \/ K& W4 A+ E
2 [总称](以保守、狭隘等为特征的)典型小城镇居民
2 ~$ w" \3 R; a8 h6 f3 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 m8 H' D2 {& l- k" [
4 典型小城镇观念(或行为)(指保守、狭隘、实利主义等)
2 K/ E0 m6 V9 F9 W* k- M||Main Streeter
% P4 {! V7 w4 X英汉大词典暗示义项2、3、4是个贬义词1 J+ M1 S7 j7 p
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3 @! f$ E1 ]* O4 e* d5 c& k2. [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: / |% h3 c2 `" |& M! z
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。 - W8 C8 W! E- p: Y2 w- 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?2 Z3 Q4 T5 e: K" C/ Y0 I, Z6 j
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main street
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"Senator McCain just doesn't get it – he doesn't get that this crisis on Wall Street hit main street" quote Barack Obama
! T7 g# _# e# O) u/ c0 }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」8 p& U$ O* a4 x, U* E! y% p$ p
7 I) ]( p: h* k% gMerriam-Webster Dictionary新老意思都有:& Z% e6 ^* k r- H
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c : middle america 3
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( y% f0 G1 @5 [$ ]4 z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。; z- C6 }" ?6 Q
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