But ever since they quit paying theirs and walked away from their homes, they've discovered that giving up on the American dream has its benefits.
不过,打从他们不再缴纳月供、搬离自己的房子之后,却发现放弃美国梦也自有其好处。
But ever since they quit paying their mortgages and walked away from their homes, they've discovered that giving up on the American dream has its benefits.
不过,打从他们不再缴纳月供、搬离自己的房子之后,却发现放弃美国梦也自有其好处。
American aficionados of rugby union can only dream of the Croesian sums of money that are lavished on American football, a sport that vaguely resembles rugby in wimpish armour-plating.
美国橄榄球的爱好者们只能梦想着大量资金注入到美式足球这样一个身着无用的类似装甲板的护具进行的运动中来。
The idea of the American Dream maintains a strong grip on the imagination of many Americans and would-be citizens, but a detailed breakdown of the figures reveals a grim reality.
美国梦主导着许多美国人和即将成为美国公民的人们的想像,但这些详细列出的数字揭示了残酷的现实。
But it turns out that "my New American Life" is really little more than a tired and faintly cynical riff on the old myth of the American Dream.
然而《我的新美国生活》结果是无异于对美国梦这个古老神话的陈旧、讽刺的重述。
Olson also felt tremendous guilt about disrupting his children's lives and it was "hard to give up the American dream," but said that divorce was harder on them than accepting that he was gay.
欧森同样为摧毁了他女儿的生活而感到巨大的愧疚,她们很难放弃所谓的“美国梦”,但他也说,相比于接受爸爸是同志,父母的离婚对女儿来说更加残酷。
“Now the American Dream is broken,” Shen tells me one evening at the career center, his fingers drumming restlessly on the table; he speaks mostly in Mandarin, and Yu helps me translate.
一天晚上,沈在就业中心告诉我说:“现在,美国梦已经破碎”,他的手指一边不安地叩击着桌子;他大都分都是讲国语,于女士帮助我翻译。
He said the packaged aimed to keep the American dream alive, but was only the start of a long hard road to set the economy on firmer foundations.
他说,包装的目的是让美国梦活着,但仅仅是开始的一个长期艰难的道路,以建立更坚实的经济基础。
For most Americans giving their children a better life or having a successful business or career is their version of the American Dream, according to a new poll released on Monday.
周一发布的一项新调查显示,对许多美国人而言,他们心中的“美国梦”就是给孩子一个更好的生活或拥有成功的事业。
Since the bust of the U.S. housing market and the subsequent financial crisis, many people in this country have jumped on the view that the American Dream is somehow deteriorating.
美国房地产市场泡沫破裂之后,金融危机随之呼啸而来,自此之后,许多美国人都觉得实现美国梦的可能性变得越来越小。
It should have been perfectly plain to you all along that Tony is an Italian American with the complex personality of the subaltern on the one hand, he believes in the American dream.
你们应该一直很清楚的是,托尼是一个美籍意大利人,有着复杂的中尉性格,一方面,他相信美国梦。
Despite the bleak economic conditions, her mother, an Italian immigrant, and her father, the child of immigrants, were intent on realizing the American dream for themselves and their five children.
尽管他们那时面临着严峻的经济情况,她的母亲,一名来自意大利的移民,以及她的父亲,一名移民之子,都决心要使他们的美国梦,实现在他们两人和五名子女的身上。
Having trouble getting his material on the air, he purchased his "An Essay on War" from CBS and took it to public television to be broadcast on "Great American Dream Machine.
由于现场获取资料有困难,他从CBS购买了《论战争》(AnEssayon War)的版权后,送往公共电视台,并在《伟大的美国造梦机》(Great American Dream Machine)节目中现场播出。
Even an American such as John Lipsky, the acting head of the IMF, called on Europeans to rediscover the dream of integration.
甚至国际货币基金组织的执行首脑john Lipsky,一个美国人,都呼吁欧洲人重拾统一梦想。
On balance, however, living in the country has long been a part of the American Dream.
总而言之,无论如何,生活在这个国家长期以来一直是美国梦的一部分。
For countless Americans, me among them, internships have provided a foothold on the path to the American dream.
对包括我在内的不计其数的美国人而言,实习是在追寻美国梦的道路上迈出的第一步。
The author analyzes the source of the ruin on Gatsby s American dream and Gatsby s tragedy deeply, then reveals the dark society and empty reality in America.
通过深入分析盖茨比“美国梦”的幻灭及盖茨比悲剧的根源,深刻揭示了美国社会的黑暗和空虚的现实。
Gina Zbikowski says struggling to find a job while living on a meager disability allowance is not the American dream.
吉娜思巴卡斯基说:靠仅有的那么点残疾补助金维持生活,同时又艰辛的寻找工作,这委实不是我所想追求的美国梦。
These American writers had made a great literary period by capturing on their pages the enthusiasm and the optimism of that dream.
这些美国作家充满热情地记录下这个伟大时代的乐观主义精神。
A Cool Million is hailed as the first complete disavowal of the American dream of success because it launches an unprecedentedly direct and profound flog on the national myth.
《冷酷的百万》因其对美国梦发起了史无前例的直接而又深刻的抨击而被誉为是第一部完整的否定美国梦成功的小说。
In February 2008, he won the best spoken word Grammy for the audiobook version of "the Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream."
2008年2月,他录制的有声读物《无畏的希望:重申美国梦》获得最佳诵读专辑奖。
I went to Wal-Mart the other day to gaze on the dark side of the American dream - and I came home with Christmas lights.
十一月的某一天黎明拂晓之际,我去沃尔玛超市(Wal -Mart)观察一下美国梦的阴暗面,回家的时候,带回了圣诞节的彩灯。
I went to Wal-Mart the other day to gaze on the dark side of the American dream - and I came home with Christmas lights.
十一月的某一天黎明拂晓之际,我去沃尔玛超市(Wal -Mart)观察一下美国梦的阴暗面,回家的时候,带回了圣诞节的彩灯。
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