英文词源
- Wall Street (n.)
- "U.S. financial world," 1836, from street in New York City that is home to many investment firms and stock traders, as well as NYSE. The street so called because it ran along the interior of the defensive wall of the old Dutch colonial town.
中文词源
Wall Street:华尔街
华尔街是美国纽约市曼哈顿南区的一条街道,集中了美国大财团和金融机构,是纽约市的金融中心,因其早期为荷兰殖民者防御城墙而得名。由于其对世界金融业的巨大影响力,因而常常用以代指金融业界。
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