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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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1 (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)+ q: F1 V) X6 J
4 典型小城镇观念(或行为)(指保守、狭隘、实利主义等)
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5 E6 n1 d1 }$ H英汉大词典暗示义项2、3、4是个贬义词* k& {+ d1 ^5 S @2 e
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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:
9 Y1 G6 M Y0 T; Y. x; i 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。
1 q2 a: ~( s# f! k _( p& e) |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？- \; [' C/ f$ b9 @3 k
# I: \4 {' `# t- m: J0 F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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3 n9 V, B6 K7 u+ E" X" m x generic term for middle class America. Used extensively in the 2008 presidential election.
& ~0 f+ U) `7 ^6 z# f"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！6 r" \& D9 h9 K1 P$ D. E
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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」7 Q2 k7 o/ K! {
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Merriam-Webster Dictionary新老意思都有：
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: the principal street of a small town
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1 ~# s8 m- |/ Q# P$ ~( H3 Ja : the sections of a country centering about its small towns
1 h, X9 l( X8 P7 s5 N& wb : a place or environment characterized by materialistic self-complacent provincialism; ]* ^- Q: H: E* K
c : middle america 3
2b是老意思，2c是新意思. i6 W/ L; Y/ w
3 f) I' r2 A. P- ]8 M, l* W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& a4 H J; `8 f6 ]% U
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