为什么住宅区叫uptown,而商业区叫downtown?
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为什么住宅区叫uptown,而商业区叫downtown?
为什么住宅区叫uptown,而商业区叫downtown?
为什么住宅区叫uptown,而商业区叫downtown?
The term is thought to have been coined in New York City,where it was in use by the 1830s to refer to the original town at the southern tip of the island of Manhattan.[1]
这个术语来自纽约市
As the town of New York grew into a city,the only direction it could grow on the island was toward the north,proceeding upriver from the original settlement (the "up" and "down" terminology in turn came from the customary map design in which up was north and down was south).[1]
纽约市成长成一个大城市,只能向北发展.而在地图上面,北部为上,南部为下.
Thus,anything north of the original town became known as "uptown" (Upper Manhattan),while the original town (which was also New York's only major center of business at the time) became known as "downtown"
这样,北部就被成为uptown,也就是上曼哈顿岛
下曼哈顿由于是商业中心,也被称为 downtown
参考维基百科