3. Empire City (and State)
3. 帝国城(和帝国州)
References to the empire city and the empire state – referring to New York and New York City's prominent reputations – date back to the first half of the 19th century. In recent years, the term Empire State has seen some lift thanks in part to Jay-Z, whose song with Alicia Keys, 'Empire State of Mind', was a #1 Billboard hit in 2009.
帝国城与帝国州分别道出了纽约州和纽约城的显赫名声,它们能追溯到19世纪上半叶。近年来,帝国州这一名称被提及的次数又有所增加,这还多亏了那首2009年登上美国Billboard榜首的歌——由美国嘻哈天王Jay-Z与艾丽西亚·凯斯合唱的《帝国之心》。
4. Murderers' Row
4. 杀手列阵
New York City, it turns out, has played host to both a literal and a figurative murderers' row. The first instance of murderers' row refers to the row of cells in a prison, originally in NYC's Tombs Prison, in which condemned murderers or other violent criminals are held. The figurative use of murderers' row comes from baseball slang, meaning a 'group of powerful hitters batting in succession for a particular team', notably the New York Yankees of the 1920s, which included Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.
事实证明,无论是字面意义上,还是引申来讲,纽约城均是杀手列阵的驻扎点。头个杀手列阵原指纽约城的墓地监狱里关押死刑犯或其他暴力罪犯的囚牢。而其引申义则是棒球俗语,意为“接连为某支队伍效力的一群实力派击球手”,正像20世纪20年代家喻户晓的纽约洋基队中,队员包括贝比·鲁斯和卢・贾里格。
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