单词 | american dream |
释义 | American Dreamnounthe ideals of freedom, equality, and opportunity traditionally held to be available to every American. a life of personal happiness and material comfort as traditionally sought by individuals in the U.S. VIDEO FOR AMERICAN DREAMWATCH NOW: Is The American Dream Still Attainable?Today, the phrase American Dream is often uttered with equal parts longing and eye-rolling. The eye-rollers think the American Dream’s dead. The opposing party begs to differ. Why is there so much debate? Origin of American DreamFirst recorded in 1930–35 Words nearby American DreamAmerican crab apple, American Curl, American depository receipt, American Directoire, American dog tick, American Dream, American eagle, American elk, American elm, American Empire, American English Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for American DreamAmerican Dream nounthe American Dream the notion that the American social, economic, and political system makes success possible for every individual Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for American DreamAmerican Dream A phrase connoting hope for prosperity and happiness, symbolized particularly by having a house of one's own. Possibly applied at first to the hopes of immigrants, the phrase now applies to all except the very rich and suggests a confident hope that one's children's economic and social condition will be better than one's own. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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