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Greenwich Village set the pattern. Since the Seven-ties a dwelling place for artists and writers who settled there because living was cheap, the village had long enjoyed a dubious reputation for Bohemianism and eccentricity.
格林威治村為他們樹立了榜樣。自七十年代因其生活消費(fèi)低廉而成為藝術(shù)家和作家聚居地以來，格林威治村在很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間里一直享有波希米亞式生活和怪僻行為的說不清是好還是壞的名聲。
It had also harbored enough major writers, especially in the decade before World War I, to support its claim to being the intellectual center of the nation.
過去，尤其是在第一次世界大戰(zhàn)之前的十年中，這地方還曾棲居過許多大作家，因而使它成了名副其實(shí)的全美國(guó)文人雅士中心。
After the war, it was only natural that hopeful young writers, their minds and pens inflamed against war, Babbittry,
戰(zhàn)后，那些腦子里和筆桿子里都充滿著對(duì)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)、
and "Puritanical" gentility,should flock to the traditional artistic center (where living was still cheap in 1919) to pour out their new-found creative strength, to tear down the old world, to flout the morality of their grandfathers, and to give all to art, love, and sensation.
市儈氣和"清教徒式的"道德修養(yǎng)的仇恨的怒火的年輕有為的作家們便自然而然地云集到這個(gè)傳統(tǒng)的藝術(shù)中心(那兒的生活消費(fèi)在1919年仍很低廉)，去傾瀉他們那新近獲得的創(chuàng)造力，去摧毀舊世界，嘲弄前輩們所信守的道德規(guī)范，把自己的一切獻(xiàn)給藝術(shù)、愛情和感官享受。
Soon they found their imitators among the non-intellectuals.
很快，知識(shí)分子階層以外的人便也開始仿效他們了。
As it became more and more fashionable throughout the country for young persons to defy the law and the conventions and to add their own little matchsticks to the conflagration of "flaming youth", it was Greenwich Village that fanned the flames.
在全國(guó)各地，青年人蔑視法律和一切傳統(tǒng)習(xí)慣，為"燃燒著的青年"的大火添柴加油越來越成為時(shí)髦之舉，而煽起這場(chǎng)大火的正是格林威治村。
"Bohemian" living became a fad. Each town had its "fast" set which prided itself on its unconventionality , although in reality this self-conscious unconventionality was rapidly becoming a standard feature of the country club class and its less affluent imitators -throughout the nation.
"波希米亞"生活方式已成為人們追求的時(shí)尚，每個(gè)城鎮(zhèn)都有一群"生活放蕩者"，他們?yōu)樽约旱姆磦鹘y(tǒng)行為感到自豪。可實(shí)際上，這種有意識(shí)的反傳統(tǒng)行為正迅速在全國(guó)范圍內(nèi)成為鄉(xiāng)村俱樂部的富人們以及一些不那么富有的效仿者所共有的一個(gè)基本特征。
