tenant

英 [ˈtenənt]

美 [ˈtenənt]

n.  房客; 租户; 佃户
v.  (作为租赁者)居住，工作

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

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牛津词典

noun

• 房客；租户；佃户
  a person who pays rent for the use of a room, building, land, etc. to the person who owns it
  1. They had evicted their tenants for non-payment of rent.
     他们赶走了未交房租的房客。
  2. The decorating was done by a previous tenant.
     装修是一位前房客搞的。
  3. tenant farmers (= ones who do not own their own farms)
     佃农

verb

• （作为租赁者）居住，工作
  to live or work in a place as a tenant
  1. a tenanted farm
     租种的农场

柯林斯词典

• See also:Regulations placed clear obligations on the landlord for the benefit of the tenant...Landowners frequently left the management of their estates to tenant farmers.sitting tenant

英英释义

noun

• someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
  1. the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent
  Synonym:renter
• any occupant who dwells in a place
• a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)

verb

• occupy as a tenant

双语例句

• The landlord can evict a tenant who does not pay the rent.
  房东能够驱逐出不付租金的房客。
• The landlady turned out a tenant for not paying the rent.
  女房东赶走了一名不交房租的房客。
• But, Crawford, though I refuse you as a tenant, come to me as a friend.
  不过，克劳福德，虽然我拒不接受你做房客，但是欢迎你以朋友的身份到我那儿去住。
• Regulations placed clear obligations on the landlord for the benefit of the tenant
  为维护房客的利益，条例明确规定了房东负有的各项义务。
• A tenant may have a right of first refusal if a property is offered for sale.
  若房产要出售，承租人可以有优先购买权。
• Can you help me find a new tenant for my flat?
  你能帮我找到一个新房客因为我的公寓吗？
• The tenant is liable for repair.
  租户对维修负有责任。
• For instance, it says nothing about how much land is rented to tenant farmers.
  例如，它没有反映出有多少土地被租了给佃农。
• You were right about that one tenant.
  关于那些个房客你说的没错。
• EXAMPLE: The tenant lost his job and soon his rent payments were in arrears.
  房客失去了工作，不久他便拖欠租金。