单词 | new town blues |
释义 | > as lemmasnew town blues new town blues n. depression or anxiety caused by or associated with residence in a new town. ΚΠ 1962 Britannica Bk. of Year 546/1 In Great Britain a topical term was New Town Blues, used to describe the dissatisfied, discontented condition of people from large cities who found the recreational amenities of the new towns inadequate. 1964 Daily Tel. 4 Feb. 14/2 The new environment, though brighter, cleaner and more commodious, is said to lack the social attraction of the old. Hence the so-called complaint of the ‘new town blues’. 2000 Times (Nexis) 8 Mar. Low density settlements..are inefficient from every standpoint; wasteful in land and energy yet lonely and impersonal, afflicted with ‘new town blues’. < as lemmas |
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