Farhad
hey strayed away from quite narrow boundaries. Would you explain ' they strayed away from quite narrow boundaries' in this sentence? A :You only had women performers in your study. Was that because male musicians are less worried about fashion? B: I think a lot of the men are very much influenced by fashion, but in social terms the choices they have are more limited... they'd really upset audiences if they strayed away from quite narrow boundaries. Thank you
2019년 5월 31일 오후 2:19
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As Micheal says: (But I see nothing biblical about it) The male musicians had a fairly limited choice ("quite narrow boundaries") of what they could wear when performing, and those narrow limits to their choice are because of what their audiences expect them to wear. They are saying that audiences have expectations of fashion for males that are quite narrow, not flexible, not broad, quite restricted. So, if men on stage have wildly unusual fashion, audiences will react badly. By contrast women were accepted with a much wider range of fashions.
2019년 5월 31일
Thank you Michael
2019년 5월 31일
This appears to be about fashion and clothes choices made by popular musicians. So, "strayed away" from, here, means "move away" from, though "stray" has overtones of sinning, from the Bible. "Quite narrow boundaries" - "quite" just modifies "narrow", makes it a little softer. In series : he's small, he's quite small, he's quite big, he's very big. Narrow = small width. Boundaries = things that mark the edge of something, sometimes things that should not be crossed. The male musicians had a fairly limited choice ("quite narrow boundaries") of what they could wear when performing, and those narrow limits to their choice are because of what their audiences expect them to wear.
2019년 5월 31일
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