Tenant
[ 't?n?nt ]
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n. 房客;佃戶;<律>占用者;占有者;
vt. 租借，租用;
?? 詞根助記
ten握住+ant人→拿錢租房之人 →佃戶；房客
?? 例句
Are you an owner-occupier or a tenant?
你住自己的房子還是租房住?
"Well, Mrs. Jones," he said to the tenant's wife,"how's yourself?"
“唔，瓊斯夫人，”他對承租人的妻子說，“你過得怎么樣？”
She was unwilling to submit her house to rough treatment by tenant.
她并不愿意她的房客們糟踏她的房子。
If they disturb me, they lose a good tenant.
如果他們擾亂我，他們會丟掉一位很好的租戶的。
This house is tenanted by an immigrant from Asia.
這所房屋為一個來自亞洲的移民所租住。
?? 聯想助記
【記】※ ten-十,ant-螞蟻:10只大螞蟻做房客
※ ten-十,ant-螞蟻:房客一巴掌拍死十只螞蟻
? 同義詞
?? 反義詞
?? 詞根
-tact-表示“觸摸”
常見變體有-tach-、-tire-、-tag-、-tang-
?? 牛津釋義
tenant
n
1 person who pays rent to a landlord for the use of a room, a building, land, etc 房客; 租戶; 佃戶
evict tenants for non-payment of rent 趕出未付房租的房客
[attrib 作定語]
a tenant farmer, ie one who farms land which he does not own 佃農.
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（房客或佃戶）占用公寓、 建筑物、 農場等, 但并非所有者. He or she pays money (rent) regularly for its use to the landlord, who is the owner 房客或佃戶定期付給 landlord（房主或地主）租金（rent）
Are you an owner-occupier or a tenant? 你住自己的房子還是租房住?
He's a tenant farmer. 他是佃農.
His landlord owns 5000 acres. 他的地主有 5000 英畝土地. A similar relationship exists between a lessee and a lessor, which are legal terms. 表示上述兩者關系的詞還有 lessee（承租人）和 lessor（出租人）, 是法律用語. They both sign a lease (a written legal agreement defining the terms of the tenancy) 雙方共同簽訂 lease（合同）--規定 tenancy（租賃）條款的法律性書面協議
The lessor can evict the lessee for failure to pay rent. 出租人可驅逐不付租金的承租人.
?? 考研助記
ten(十)+ant(螞蟻):十只螞蟻是 房客
?? 擴展釋義
*['ten?nt]n. 承租人, 房客, 居住者vt. 租借【計】 占據者【經】 承租人, 租戶, 租賃者
?? 同詞根單詞
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What did you do at the meeting?
你們在會上做什么呢？
Please remember me to your wife.
請代我向你的夫人問候。
Excuse me, I must go.
請原諒，我得走啦。