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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: h! }4 v- V% C& cchief 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：) U+ A8 j5 ]2 P4 K; w+ K9 n* o- z
Mr Green is not in town/is out of town.格林先生不在城里。
) N& q" V+ f, QHe went up to town this morning.他今天早晨进城了。
7 J, e" i9 R) LShe'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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town：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8 t5 a/ n+ q/ \5 D: a: R- ]% c7 x" c
( Y( O* W8 n3 _# }$ Htown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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OED说：
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% B0 d; l5 t% P; y% {' GWithout 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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