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源自中古英语 tenement,来自古法语 tenement,最终源于拉丁语 tenementum(持有物),与 tenere(持有)相关。
❶ 指城市中供低收入家庭居住的廉价公寓或住宅楼,通常条件简陋且拥挤,常见于19至20世纪初的工业城市。
“The immigrants crowded into cramped tenements in New York City.”
(移民们挤在纽约市狭窄的廉价公寓里。)
“Many tenements in the 19th century lacked proper sanitation.”
(19世纪的许多廉价公寓缺乏适当的卫生设施。)
❶ 法律术语,指可继承的不动产或土地上的永久权益,包括房屋、土地等财产。
“The estate includes several tenements in the countryside.”
(该地产包括乡村的几处不动产。)
“He inherited the tenement from his grandfather.”
(他从祖父那里继承了这块不动产。)
tenement house — 特指城市中分隔成多个小单元出租的廉价公寓楼,尤其指条件较差的旧式住宅。
“The tenement house was home to dozens of working-class families.”
(这栋廉价公寓楼是数十个工人阶级家庭的住所。)