wall street
wall street — noun
1. a street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, where the New York Stock Exchange an
a street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, where the New York Stock Exchange and many large banks and investment firms have their main offices; the name of the street itself.
The New York Stock Exchange building is located at the corner of Wall Street and Broad Street.
proper noun referring to the physical street
Tourists often take photos of the Charging Bull statue near Wall Street.
The protest march moved down Wall Street, filling the narrow road with demonstrators.
Many historic buildings on Wall Street were built in the early 1900s.
文法句型
Wall Street as subject + verb in singular
用法筆記
When used with this meaning, the focus is on the physical location. Capitalised as a proper noun.
常見錯誤
2. the people, banks, investment companies, and stock-market institutions that toge
the people, banks, investment companies, and stock-market institutions that together control the financial markets in the US and whose actions influence the global economy; used as a single name for the whole financial industry.
Wall Street reacted calmly to the new interest-rate announcement from the central bank.
metonym: the financial industry reacts
Lauren left her job at a small local bank for a higher-paying position on Wall Street.
Critics argue that Wall Street cares more about quarterly profits than about ordinary workers.
The new laws were designed to stop Wall Street from taking the same risks that caused the 2008 crash.
When Wall Street suffers a big loss, stock markets around the world often feel the effect.
- the financial sector
broader term covering banks, insurers, and investors, not limited to New York
- the stock market
refers specifically to share trading, not the full financial industry
- Main Street
a contrasting term that represents small businesses and ordinary consumers, not big finance
文法句型
Wall Street as singular noun phrase; often subject of verbs like expects, reacts, welcomes
用法筆記
This is a metonym: the name of the place stands for the people and institutions that work there. The word is treated as a singular proper noun. Common in financial news and discussions of the US economy.