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[/ˈtenənt; ˋtɛnənt/] n 用法:
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. 用法:
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 2
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. |