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streetstri:tn [C]a road in a city, town or village which has buildings that are usually close together along one or both sides街，街道The streets were strewn with rubbish after the carnival.狂欢节后，街道上布满了垃圾。The streets are quiet at the moment, but renewed fighting could erupt at any time.现在街道上很平静，但战斗随时会重新爆发。Our daughter lives just across the street from us.我们的女儿就住在街对面。It really upsets me when I see people begging in the street.看见人们在街上乞讨使我很不舒服。The recent violence has led to armed police on the streets.最近的暴力行为导致了武装警察上街警戒。Despite being a qualified teacher, her basic salary is less than street cleaners earn.虽然她是个合格的教师，但她的基本薪水比街道清扫工挣得还少。My grandmother can remember when there were still horse-drawn cabs and cobbled streets in London.我的祖母能记得伦敦还有马车和鹅卵石街道之时。Be sure to look both ways when you cross the street.穿马路时一定要看马路两边。It is hoped that the curfew will bring the street demonstrations under control.人们希望宵禁会控制住街头的示威。The town was still busy at eight, but the streets were deserted by nine.这城镇在8点仍很繁忙，但到了9点街道上便空无一人。More than 120 people have been killed in four days of vicious street fighting.120多人在四天激烈的巷战中丧生。I wish you'd do something constructive at the weekends instead of hanging about on street corners with your friends.我希望你能在周末做些有建设性的事，而不是和朋友在街头无所事事。Inadequate street lighting makes many people afraid to go out at night.路灯照明不够使许多人晚上害怕外出。If you want to try the best local cuisine, you'll need to avoid the streets lined with tourist restaurants.如果你想品尝当地最好的美味佳肴，你就不能去那些布满游客餐厅的街道。Despite being away for several years, he felt he could still handle the mean (= dangerous and dirty) streets of Washington.虽然离开了好几年，但他觉得仍能应付华盛顿的可怕脏乱街道。The church is surrounded by a maze of narrow streets.这教堂被迷宫般的狭窄街道围着。Riot police were patrolling the streets of South London last night after violence erupted at an anti-racist march.在反种族主义游行中爆发了暴力事件之后，防暴警察昨晚在伦敦南部的街道上巡逻。Even at five in the morning, there were still crowds of people roaming the streets, singing and shouting.尽管是早晨5点，街道上仍有大群人在游荡，嘴里唱着叫着。Few visitors to the town stray from the main shopping streets.来这城市的游客很少离开主要商业街道。Builders jeer at us even when we're just walking down the street.即使当我们仅仅从街道走过时，建筑工人也嘲笑我们。Keep your voice down, we don't want the whole street (= everyone living along this road) to hear us!声音轻点，我们不想整条街都听见我们!(fig.) Few people will be dancing in the streets (= very happy) about a two per cent pay rise.很少有人会为2%的加薪欣喜若狂。(fig.) Many asylum seekers appear to be economic migrants, convinced that the streets of Europe are paved with gold (= that they can become rich in Europe).许多寻求避难的人都是些经济移民，他们认为欧洲的街道是用黄金铺成的。There have been several street protests against the tax increases.有几起针对增税的街头抗议发生。Go and wash your face, Molly! You look like a street urchin.去洗你的脸，莫莉，你看上去像街头的野孩子。I bought these sunglasses from a street vendor when I was in Florence.这太阳眼镜是我在佛罗伦萨时从一个街头商贩处买的。(Br and Aus) Something that is streets ahead of something else is much better or much more advanced than it.遥遥领先The latest sales figures show that we're streets ahead of the competition.最近销售数据表明我们比竞争对手遥遥领先。Don't worry about them. We're streets ahead.不要担心他们，我们已遥遥领先。Someone who is on the streets or walking the streets has no home.流浪Some of these people have been on the streets for years.这些人中的一些已经流浪了好几年了。He's terrified of losing his home and having to walk the streets.他非常害怕失去家，上街头流浪。Sometimes a woman or girl who is on the streets or walking the streets is someone whom men pay to have sex with them.卖淫I needed money to buy drugs and I ended up walking the streets.我需要钱买毒品，最终沦为卖淫。[STREETWALKER]When people take to the streets, they express their opposition to something publicly and often violently.上街示威Thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest against the military coup.数千人上街示威，抗议军事政变。If something is up your street (esp. Am up your alley), you are interested in it or you enjoy doing it.合某人的胃口Carpentry isn't really up my street. I'd rather pay someone else to do it.木工活并不合我胃口，我宁愿雇其他人来做。I've got a little job for you which is right up your alley.我有件合你胃口的小事给你做。(Br and Aus) If you have street-credibility (also street-cred), you are likely to be accepted by ordinary young people who live in towns and cities because you have the same fashions, styles, interests, culture or opinions.街头信誉That jacket won't do much for your street cred. It looks awful!那茄克对你的街头信誉没多大帮助。它看上去太糟了!Many celebrities develop a working class accent to increase their street credibility.许多名人刻意模仿工人阶层的口音来增加他们的街头信誉。The store is trying to attract more teenage customers by developing a more street-credible image.这商店想通过竖立一种更具有街头信誉的形象来吸引更多的少年顾客。Street furniture is equipment such as lights, road signs and telephone boxes that is positioned at the side of a road for use by the public.街头公共设施(Am) Street people are people who do not have a home and who often sleep outside in cities.流浪者About one-third of the country's street people are drug or alcohol abusers.这国家的流浪人口中大约有1/3是吸毒者或酗酒者。(Am) Street smarts is the ability to manage or succeed in difficult or dangerous situations, esp. in big towns or cities.在都市中巧妙生活的能力，熟悉都市的生活方式和世态You haven't got the street smarts to last ten minutes in New York without getting ripped off.你还没有那种能在纽约街头待10分钟不遭抢的生活能力。Street theatre is free theatrical entertainment that is performed outside in public places, particularly near shops, restaurants and bars.街头戏剧We spent many evenings sitting in café watching the street theatre.我们许多晚上都坐在咖啡馆中看街头戏剧表演。The street value of an illegal drug is the price that is paid for it by the person who uses it.市价Customs officers discovered heroin with a street value of ￡6 million at Felixstowe docks earlier today.今天早些时候，海关官员在菲力克斯托码头发现了市价值600万英镑的海洛因。The man/woman in the street is an ordinary, average person whose opinions are considered to be representative of most people.平民，群众To win the election he needs to appeal to the typical man and woman in the street.要赢得选举他需打动普通群众。"Street Fighting Man" (title of a song by the Rolling Stones, 1968)“街头斗殴者”（滚石乐队一首歌的歌名）
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