Maybe no one minds in the vast West and Midwest, but in New England, where class thinking runs deep, the term Ivy League often produces a bitter taste.
在廣漠的中西部或許沒人在乎，但在門第觀念仍然根深柢固的新英格蘭地區，「長春藤」一詞就不免常惹人「反感」了。