2023年11月2日 星期四

high street, main street, Wall Street, thoroughfare

"The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing, to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts." ~ John Keats
Selected Letters of John Keats: Based on the texts of Hyder Edward Rollins, Revised Edition Paperback – Illustrated, September 30, 2005
by John Keats



當選總統的夜晚,他Obama強調,如果升斗小民受苦受害,富商巨賈也不能獨享繁榮(we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers)。
這翻譯似乎有點OVERDONE

Microsoft to open high-street shops
bit-tech.net - UK
Microsoft's version of an Apple Store includes smart shopping trollys, Surface-enabled desktops, and "I'm a PC" t-shirts for staff. ...


Definition


thoroughfare
/ˈθʌrəfɛː/
noun
  1. a road or path forming a route between two places.
    "a scheme to stop the park being used as a thoroughfare"


main street
Meaning #1: street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic
Synonym: high street

high street noun [C] UK
1 a street where the most important shops and businesses in a town are:
There's a new Italian restaurant opening on the high street.

2 the high street business done in shops:
There are signs of economic recovery in the high street.

high-street Show phonetics
adjective
1 relating to business done in shops:
There was a modest rise in high-street spending last month.

2 describes products, especially clothes, which are intended for the ordinary public and not for rich people:
high-street fashions

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