Tenant
[ 'tɛnənt ]
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n. 房客;佃户;<律>占用者;占有者;
vt. 租借，租用;
💡 词根助记
ten握住+ant人→拿钱租房之人 →佃户；房客
📝 例句
Are you an owner-occupier or a tenant?
你住自己的房子还是租房住?
"Well, Mrs. Jones," he said to the tenant's wife,"how's yourself?"
“唔，琼斯夫人，”他对承租人的妻子说，“你过得怎么样？”
She was unwilling to submit her house to rough treatment by tenant.
她并不愿意她的房客们糟踏她的房子。
If they disturb me, they lose a good tenant.
如果他们扰乱我，他们会丢掉一位很好的租户的。
This house is tenanted by an immigrant from Asia.
这所房屋为一个来自亚洲的移民所租住。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ ten-十,ant-蚂蚁:10只大蚂蚁做房客
※ ten-十,ant-蚂蚁:房客一巴掌拍死十只蚂蚁
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-tact-表示“触摸”
常见变体有-tach-、-tire-、-tag-、-tang-
📖 牛津释义
tenant
n
1 person who pays rent to a landlord for the use of a room, a building, land, etc 房客; 租户; 佃户
evict tenants for non-payment of rent 赶出未付房租的房客
[attrib 作定语]
a tenant farmer, ie one who farms land which he does not own 佃农.
2 (law 律) person who occupies or owns a particular building or piece of land （建筑物或土地的）占用者, 占有者. tenant, NOTE ON USAGE 用法
A tenant occupies a flat, a building, a farm, etc but does not own it. *tenant（房客或佃户）占用公寓、 建筑物、 农场等, 但并非所有者. He or she pays money (rent) regularly for its use to the landlord, who is the owner 房客或佃户定期付给 landlord（房主或地主）租金（rent）
Are you an owner-occupier or a tenant? 你住自己的房子还是租房住?
He's a tenant farmer. 他是佃农.
His landlord owns 5000 acres. 他的地主有 5000 英亩土地. A similar relationship exists between a lessee and a lessor, which are legal terms. 表示上述两者关系的词还有 lessee（承租人）和 lessor（出租人）, 是法律用语. They both sign a lease (a written legal agreement defining the terms of the tenancy) 双方共同签订 lease（合同）--规定 tenancy（租赁）条款的法律性书面协议
The lessor can evict the lessee for failure to pay rent. 出租人可驱逐不付租金的承租人.
🎯 考研助记
ten(十)+ant(蚂蚁):十只蚂蚁是 房客
🔁 扩展释义
*['tenәnt]n. 承租人, 房客, 居住者vt. 租借【计】 占据者【经】 承租人, 租户, 租赁者
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「CET-4」词汇
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Two of his greatest films, City Lights and Modern Times were of this kind.
他的两部最伟大的影片《城市之光》和《摩登时代》就是这种影片。
There seems to be something wrong with it, but that's the fault of the company that made it.
这衬衣似乎有点问题，但看来这是衬衣公司的责任。
Zheng Jie, I would like to support your music school.
郑杰，我愿意资助你办音乐学校。