American Dream

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The ideal stressing egalitarianism and that every citizen of the United States should have an equal opportunity to achieve material prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. idiomatic
    — They are not racists or sick; they are not guilty of the crime that plagues the land. They are black and they are white —they're native born and foreign born—they're young and they're old. […] They give drive to the spirit of America. They give lift to the American Dream.

词形变化

the American Dream canonical American Dreams plural American dream alternative

词源

Of unknown origin. First attested in the 1910s. Popularized by American writer and historian James Truslow Adams in 1931.
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