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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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Main Street
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1 (小城镇的)大街,主街
8 t( F! v9 \: j2 ?2 [总称](以保守、狭隘等为特征的)典型小城镇居民
. T2 A7 q+ q# ^- _7 S3 m3 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)! |. N0 @9 F; e/ G
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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6 o1 ]3 W' T3 j' x9 N# i8 v& c- w9 L英汉大词典暗示义项2、3、4是个贬义词
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5 S( I- J$ n& S) a9 k$ N, }. v2. [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: / w- X# N1 n5 k( c1 ^8 }
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。 2 Z- X% D# O' {* 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?; p1 z$ u: ?, N9 H' ]- ?$ U3 |
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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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/ A- x* v# _1 Q" ymain street
# G$ W" _( n0 p1 D! J3 s generic term for middle class America. Used extensively in the 2008 presidential election.0 S8 z* {0 v5 R) a) n; 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 I g) P% _# n1 p7 V4 R9 w
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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; @; s8 P1 M$ y' O: O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:4 A9 L! O2 S5 ?1 C8 ~% B% D
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: the principal street of a small town
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6 n9 o) D8 K8 v2 ?* Mb : a place or environment characterized by materialistic self-complacent provincialism) p# z$ S4 p) U+ C% z" z
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2b是老意思,2c是新意思
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