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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:) _- _% c7 a5 @' w5 d
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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 E5 B% Y% x- d6 @( _! T
Mr Green is not in town/is out of town.格林先生不在城里。
& i# d2 i" F2 vHe went up to town this morning.他今天早晨进城了。
6 f7 \' ]" V! O! BShe's spending the weekend in town.她正在伦敦度周末。
1 C. C0 C& P+ R( K8 I+ Y+ w8 A+ i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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0 a' ^- W& M3 I, Ztown:London or the chief city of an area( C0 {8 M2 V j6 y* b
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哪里用得着乞灵于百度翻译啊
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' p3 @- {; e) ?. ^( Ltown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& i; i0 L. E& e$ @/ n
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7 j. W- V. S. b, k, m# iWithout 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. , Q8 m6 F* | n, b7 G
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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