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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I'll go to that shop and see if they have a telephone.
我去那个商店，看看是否有电话。
See if you can find out what the joke is.
看你是否能找出其好笑在何处。
When a servant opened the door to fetch some wood, I spoke to her and persuaded her to let me in.
一个仆人开门取柴火时，我和她说话，并说服她让我进去。