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发表于 2020-7-20 16:05:49
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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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town：
$ z% v, b/ e( e/ ochief 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：9 a8 t. o; M3 ~$ L6 w
Mr Green is not in town/is out of town.格林先生不在城里。
# t. a3 ^+ J1 [: m1 H" {He went up to town this morning.他今天早晨进城了。$ ?" U4 M8 a$ \
She's spending the weekend in town.她正在伦敦度周末。
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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! C: P8 j3 I$ vtown：London or the chief city of an area: K1 C$ \9 O- E9 ~ E& h
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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% t* _, f8 ] A% j& ?
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/ Y% v! A" Z- v! S# r# u4 {( wWithout 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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