Aug 18, 2018 10:09
5 yrs ago
English term
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Native in: Chinese (Variants: Simplified, Traditional) 
Works in: English to Chinese, Chinese to English
fixture
English to Chinese
Art/Literary
Journalism
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.
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.
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长期居住于该城镇
其实就是based in 的意思。
fix·ture
ˈfiksCHər/Submit
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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“。
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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Frank Feng
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China
Native in Chinese
China
Financial, Medical, Game, IT Translation
Native in: Chinese (Variants: Mandarin, Traditional, Simplified) , Mandarin Chinese 
Works in: English to Chinese, Chinese to English, English to Mandarin Chinese
fyi
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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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”？
供参考
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老行尊
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
a familiar or invariably present element or feature in some particular setting; especially : a person long associated with a place or activity
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扎根人物/形象
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