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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:
e* ?) z* h7 d1 V4 mchief 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:& y; ]' K! X) m( v
Mr Green is not in town/is out of town.格林先生不在城里。2 C6 X! [! y1 V) n2 W
He went up to town this morning.他今天早晨进城了。3 {9 r" W8 m' Y9 i
She's spending the weekend in town.她正在伦敦度周末。 # u2 t# x$ H/ N, M1 V
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):& n& ~/ e* X9 G1 g$ z
/ w' N0 T& G$ J. x9 \( K: L; z, B: B2 wtown:London or the chief city of an area
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h) [" Q$ r( B" e3 ~哪里用得着乞灵于百度翻译啊
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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
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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.
' i+ C i/ j" v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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