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n.承租人,房客,租客 v.出租

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tenant为六级词汇   词频:2009

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动词过去式:tenanted 过去分词:tenanted 现在分词:tenanting 第三人称单数:tenants

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tain,ten,tin=to hold,to keep(安静)

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tenant


/'tenənt; `tɛnənt/
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.

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.

tenant


n[C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: , present participle of tenir 'to hold', from Latin tenere; TENACIOUS]
someone who lives in a house, room etc and pays rent to the person who owns it
landlord
 The desk was left by the previous tenant.
1. She was engaged to a young man, a tenant of his.
    她和一个年轻人, 伯爵的一个佃户, 订了婚.

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