fixture

Chinese translation: 长期居住于该城镇

10:09 Aug 18, 2018
English to Chinese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Journalism
English term or phrase: fixture
fixture 在这里怎么讲?
原句:The Herald had a sports editor named Bob Kenefick who was a fixture in that town, a Harvard graduate and a celebrity who had been at the job for a long time.
Yehua Jiang
Germany
Local time: 04:02
Chinese translation:长期居住于该城镇
Explanation:
其实就是based in 的意思。

fix·ture
ˈfiksCHər/Submit
......

informal
a person or thing that is established in a particular place or situation.
"palm readers were a fixture in most '40s nightclubs"
synonyms: resident, lifer, permanent fe

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Note added at 1 day 16 hrs (2018-08-20 03:02:20 GMT)
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这样如何:”他可是那个town里的一个了不起的人物“。
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jyuan_us
United States
Local time: 22:02
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谢谢

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Summary of answers provided
5长期居住于该城镇
jyuan_us
4老行尊
pkchan
3fyi
Frank Feng
3扎根人物/形象
tanglsus


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fyi


Explanation:
fixture有一个意思是指房子里面诸如灯具之类不能移动的固定附属物

看后半句说“who had been at the job for a long time”,这里是不是一个比喻的用法,指这个Bob Kenefick在那里工作很久了,“干了半辈子”?

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Frank Feng
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Local time: 10:02
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老行尊


Explanation:
OR: 識途老馬

a familiar or invariably present element or feature in some particular setting; especially : a person long associated with a place or activity

pkchan
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Local time: 22:02
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扎根人物/形象


Explanation:
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长期居住于该城镇


Explanation:
其实就是based in 的意思。

fix·ture
ˈfiksCHər/Submit
......

informal
a person or thing that is established in a particular place or situation.
"palm readers were a fixture in most '40s nightclubs"
synonyms: resident, lifer, permanent fe

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Note added at 1 day 16 hrs (2018-08-20 03:02:20 GMT)
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这样如何:”他可是那个town里的一个了不起的人物“。

jyuan_us
United States
Local time: 22:02
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Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 52
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