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据NBA消息，名人堂成员、75大巨星、15大教练兰尼·威尔肯斯去世，享年88岁。兰尼·威尔肯斯代表了NBA的最高境界——他既是名人堂球员、名人堂教练，也是这项运动最受尊敬的推广大使之一。以下是外媒报道。

双语文本

Lenny Wilkens, a three-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame who was enshrined as both a player and a coach, has died, his family said Sunday. He was 88. The family said Wilkens was surrounded by loved ones when he died and did not immediately release a cause of death.

曾三次入选篮球名人堂、同时以球员和教练身份获得这一荣誉的兰尼·威尔肯斯于周日去世，享年88岁。他的家人表示威尔肯斯去世时亲人陪伴在侧，但并未立即公布死因。

Wilkens was one of the finest point guards of his era who later brought his calm and savvy style to the sideline, first as a player-coach and then evolving into one of the game's great coaches.

威尔肯斯是彼时最优秀的控球后卫之一，他后来将自己沉着冷静、精明老练的风格带到了教练席，起初担任球员兼教练，之后成长为篮球史上最伟大的教练之一。

He coached 2,487 games in the NBA, which is still a record. He became a Hall of Famer as a player, as a coach and again as part of the 1992 U.S. Olympic team--on which he was an assistant. Wilkens coached the Americans to gold at the Atlanta Games as well in 1996.

他在NBA执教过2487场比赛，至今仍保持着纪录。他以球员身份入选名人堂，又以教练身份再度入选，还作为1992年美国奥运代表队的助理教练再次入选。1996年亚特兰大奥运会上，威尔肯斯再次率领美国队夺得金牌。



相关表达

1 .enshrine vt.视...为神圣; 使...神圣不可侵犯

释义：If something such as an idea or a right is enshrined in something such as a constitution or law, it is protected by it.

例：This system is enshrined in our Constitution.

我们的宪法使该制度神圣而不可侵犯。

2 .sideline

n.兼职

释义：A sideline is something that you do in addition to your main job in order to earn extra money.

例：It was quite a lucrative sideline.

那是一份很赚钱的兼职工作。

vt.把…排除在外; 使靠边

释义：If someone or something is sidelined, they are made to seem unimportant and not included in what people are doing.

例：For months he had been under pressure to resign and was about to be sidelined anyway.

几个月以来他一直处在辞职的压力下，他无论如何都是要靠边站了。

3 .evolve into演变成

例：Computers have evolved into thin tablets over the years.

多年来电脑已演变成轻薄平板。

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