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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。, {* e9 Z9 V' H: {# w& i
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8 `* [- }- m" b7 n7 SMain Street
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: z) s3 h" D, ]' K6 M, q2 n1 [2 [总称](以保守、狭隘等为特征的)典型小城镇居民
W' A; Q5 Z) M. |+ ^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)
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英汉大词典暗示义项2、3、4是个贬义词8 T3 x n$ G" w6 e2 o4 U
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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: % M$ C& s1 s: l# O+ @$ V! ` Y1 r
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。
, X* m# m! {( e! ~6 t# F9 n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:8 S, V3 \9 R& C; e) c2 Y: y
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generic term for middle class America. Used extensively in the 2008 presidential election.
; C8 V1 T+ S$ l"Senator McCain just doesn't get it – he doesn't get that this crisis on Wall Street hit main street" quote Barack Obama
; G9 |8 b$ I1 X$ v3 O% t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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( [" ]* Z2 f. c# E/ I% Q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」
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1 O6 m* t: v$ X9 Z9 Q: the principal street of a small town
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* z0 ?; }3 J- b$ I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。5 [% |: ]7 A" p H1 n4 o
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