美国没有哪个州比纽约更能在upstate一词上承载如此多的内涵了。在纽约州,有时人们会把纽约城外的一切称作是upstate。实际上,像“布朗克斯区位列纽约城内的边远地区”这样的俏皮话被人说得如此频繁,现在都可算作是老掉牙的玩笑了。牛津英语词典标注着,upstate这词经常被用于介绍纽约州。
7. Wall Street
7. 华尔街
Though there is an actual 'Wall Street' in the downtown financial district of New York City, Wall Street is generally used today as a metonym for the wider world of American finance. In American politics, the term is sometimes used as the metaphorical counterpart of 'Main Street', referring both to small towns and small business interests.
尽管纽约城市中心的金融区的确有条街名为“华尔街”,但是华尔街如今通常被用来指代更广阔的美国金融世界。在美国政治这一范畴,“华尔街”有时被赋予的隐喻义,与代表小城镇和小企业利益的“商业街”(Main Street)相对立。
8. Madison Avenue
8. 麦迪逊大街
Another famous street in New York City, Madison Avenue became well known as the center of the advertising business in the US, and has since been used, like Wall Street, as a metonym for the US advertising business at large. The term 'mad men', a punning blend of 'Madison Avenue' and 'ad men', was popularized by the AMC television show Mad Men.
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