Hackney is a borough in East London. Older British English, and some learner dictionaries, treat it as shorthand for a rather poor inner-city area with a strongly left-wing (often Labour) local council. That picture was fair for much of the twentieth century, and some older speakers still hear the name that way.

Hackney Hackney哈克尼is a borough in East London是倫敦東區的一個自治市。Older British English, and some learner dictionaries較老派的英式英文，還有一些學習型詞典，treat it as shorthand for a rather poor inner-city area把它當成一個相當貧窮的市中心區域的簡稱，with a strongly left-wing (often Labour) local council那裡的地方議會偏左（通常是工黨）。That picture was fair for much of the twentieth century這個印象在二十世紀大部分時間裡都算合理，and some older speakers still hear the name that way有些年紀較大的人聽到這個名字還是這樣想。

Though actually, parts of Hackney — Shoreditch, Dalston, Hoxton — have become fashionable and expensive since the 1990s, so a young Londoner may think of nightlife and high rents while an older one still thinks “rough and left-wing.” Both are talking about the same borough; the street just changed.

Though actually不過其實，parts of Hackney — Shoreditch, Dalston, Hoxton —哈克尼有些地方——Shoreditch肖迪奇、Dalston達爾斯頓、Hoxton霍克斯頓——have become fashionable and expensive since the 1990s從1990年代起變得時髦又昂貴，so a young Londoner may think of nightlife and high rents所以年輕的倫敦人可能會想到夜生活和高房租，while an older one still thinks “rough and left-wing.”而年長的人還是覺得那裡「粗獷又偏左」。Both are talking about the same borough; the street just changed兩者講的是同一個自治市，只是街頭變了樣。

The place name is also why English has hired horses and cabs called hackney, and why a tired phrase can be hackneyed: horses for hire were once kept on that land. But this word, with a capital H, is the place.

The place name is also why English has hired horses and cabs called hackney這個地名也是為什麼英文把出租的馬和馬車叫做hackney的原因，and why a tired phrase can be hackneyed也是為什麼一句用濫的話會被說成hackneyed陳腔濫調的：horses for hire were once kept on that land因為當地曾經養著供出租的馬。But this word, with a capital H, is the place但這個字大寫H開頭時，指的就是這個地方。