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源自中古英语 tenement,借自古法语 tenement,最终源于拉丁语 tenementum(持有物),与 tenere(持有)相关。
❶ 指城市中供多户家庭居住的廉价公寓楼,通常条件简陋且拥挤,常见于19至20世纪初的工业城市。
“Immigrants often lived in crowded tenements in New York during the 1900s.”
(20世纪初,移民们常住在纽约拥挤的廉价公寓里。)
“The novel describes the harsh life in a Glasgow tenement.”
(这部小说描述了格拉斯哥贫民公寓里的艰苦生活。)
❶ 法律术语,指一块土地或房产的所有权或租赁权,尤其指可继承的产权。
“The tenement of the estate passed to the eldest son.”
(该地产的继承权传给了长子。)
“They held the tenement of the farm for three generations.”
(他们家族拥有该农场的产权已延续三代。)
tenement house — 特指条件较差的出租公寓楼,强调建筑破旧且住户密集的特点。
“The tenement house was notorious for its poor living conditions.”
(那栋出租公寓楼因恶劣的居住条件而臭名昭著。)
tenement rights — 法律上对房产或土地的占有和使用权利,常见于财产继承或租赁协议中。
“The court upheld his tenement rights to the family land.”
(法院支持他对家族土地的合法产权。)