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咦，你大概是手滑/眼花了，牛津高阶双解词典第四版 收了town=伦敦呀：
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chief town or city of an area; (in England) London （一地区的主要的）镇或城市；（在英格兰指）伦敦：
3 {+ m6 n$ H/ b& n7 h7 ?0 M3 HMr Green is not in town/is out of town.格林先生不在城里。- s; S. v! G1 }) d; Y
He went up to town this morning.他今天早晨进城了。( T H) s9 w0 I1 a8 T7 K
She's spending the weekend in town.她正在伦敦度周末。
- Z. J( s) U; Y. Z其他辞书也有好几个收了这个意思的，比如Collins（注意不是Collins Cobuild）：
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& F4 i7 Y' S- l h+ u6 otown：London or the chief city of an area
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哪里用得着乞灵于百度翻译啊' ?. S, e I0 ]+ ?$ |4 J
% ^& J1 e/ z0 C+ B+ {town为什么能指伦敦，当然是英伦人民自嗨罢了，就好比北京人现在管北京叫「帝都」，帝都的意思就是首都，按说全世界每个国家的首都都能叫「帝都」，凭什么独占叫北京呢？当然是自嗨了, c/ X M4 `" q- w& P
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Without article, chiefly after a preposition or verb. The particular town under consideration, the town nearest to the speaker, or in which the speaker is currently located; the chief town of a region, spec. (in England since c1700) London, as the principal town of (southern) England. Now also: the central part of a town or city, esp. that which forms the main business, shopping, or entertainment district.
回到「She's always lamenting the lack of sports facilities in town. 」这句话，其实是译者想多了，有意选了「伦敦」这个意思，在没有具体语境的情况下，应该译成「她总是抱怨镇上缺少体育设施」——至于这个「镇上」是不是真的指伦敦，那是看具体情况的，有可能是，有可能不是。 |
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