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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):( `6 s" U" g B
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Main Street
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$ M- }! F/ E! K- K1 (小城镇的)大街,主街9 K, p5 d9 C, H$ S1 V$ t
2 [总称](以保守、狭隘等为特征的)典型小城镇居民
0 T" e1 q4 i7 l0 t; A3 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)0 g. q3 v& o |! A
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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英汉大词典暗示义项2、3、4是个贬义词
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6 L( i- r9 A( h) \* Z2. [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 U `! W5 t; o3 ` 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。 ' ]" s2 u0 E8 l- H9 u2 a, y g/ l: R
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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& v" r k. I* v- s# ?9 g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
q; P5 C: n5 T generic term for middle class America. Used extensively in the 2008 presidential election.! t- E `: }, S6 s# ]
"Senator McCain just doesn't get it – he doesn't get that this crisis on Wall Street hit main street" quote Barack Obama
: l$ K9 Z$ s! x" Y2 |% g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」
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Merriam-Webster Dictionary新老意思都有:% Z# r4 N! ~/ i7 p6 J1 C
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D. q" E0 @- u9 L/ ]: the principal street of a small town
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a : the sections of a country centering about its small towns
6 x5 j% \. N6 W+ y: E6 S9 D8 hb : 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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0 T3 V6 n) W5 T: [5 C% 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。4 R: i. F/ t( h+ ^; E* ]
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