- (abbreviation apt.)(especially North American English)(British English usually flat)
a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a building （通常指在同一楼层的）公寓套房 an apartment building 公寓大楼 I was renting a two-bedroom apartment in an old building. 我在一栋旧楼里租了一套两居室的公寓。 A group of developers wants to build a high-rise apartment complex. 一群开发商想建一个高层公寓楼。 I lived on the ground floor of an apartment block. 我住在一栋公寓楼的底层。 They left their fourth-floor apartment on Mott Street and walked to the bus. 他们离开莫特街四楼的公寓，走向公共汽车。 a one-room apartment 一室公寓 I moved into a lovely little studio apartment. 我搬进了一个可爱的小公寓。 He was evicted from his Manhattan apartment. 他被赶出了他在曼哈顿的公寓。
CollocationsMoving house 搬家 Renting 租房子 - live in a rented/(especially North American English) rental property
住在租来的住所里 - rent/share/move into a furnished house/(British English) flat/(especially North American English) apartment
租用／合住／搬进配有家具的房屋／公寓 - rent a studio/(British English) a studio flat/(especially North American English) a studio apartment/(British English) a bedsit
租一个单间公寓 - find/get a housemate/(British English) a flatmate/(North American English) a roommate
找一个室友 - sign/break the lease/rental agreement/contract
签署／违反租约／租赁协议／合同 - extend/renew/terminate the lease/(British English) tenancy
延长租赁期限；续签／终止租约 - afford/pay the rent/the bills/(North American English) the utilities
付得起／支付租金／账单／水电气等杂费 - (especially British English) fall behind with/ (especially North American English) fall behind on the rent
拖欠租金 - pay/lose/return a damage deposit/(North American English) security deposit
支付／失去／退还损坏押金／保证金 - give/receive a month’s/two-weeks’ notice to leave/vacate the property
提前一个月／两周发出／收到离开／腾空住房的通知
Being a landlord 做房东 - have a flat/an apartment/a room (British English) to let/(especially North American English) for rent
- rent (out)/lease (out)/ (British English) let (out)/sublet a flat/an apartment/a house/a property
- collect/increase/raise the rent
收取／增加／提高房租 - evict the existing tenants
赶走现有房客 - attract/find new/prospective tenants
吸引／寻找新的／可能的房客 - invest in rental property/(British English) property to let/(British English) the buy-to-let market
投资购房用于出租
Buying 购买房子 - buy/acquire/purchase a house/(a) property/(especially North American English) (a piece of) prime real estate
购置一栋房子／一处房产／（一块）优质房地产 - call/contact/use (British English) an estate agent/(North American English) a Realtor™/(North American English) a real estate agent/broker
电话联系／联系／任用房地产经纪人 - make/ (British English) put in an offer on a house
提供房子的报价 - put down/save for (British English) a deposit on a house
支付／存钱付房屋订金 - make/put/save for (especially North American English) a down payment on a house/home
支付／攒钱支付买房的首付金 - apply for/arrange/take out a mortgage/home loan
申请／商定／取得按揭／住房贷款 - (struggle to) pay the mortgage
（竭力）支付按揭贷款 - make/meet/keep up/cover the monthly mortgage payments/(British English also) repayments
支付每月的按揭贷款 - (British English) repossess/ (especially North American English) foreclose on somebody’s home/house
收回某人的房子；终止某人的房屋赎回权
Selling 出售房子 - put your house/property on the market/up for sale/up for auction
将房屋／房产投放市场／出售／拍卖 - increase/lower your price/the asking price
提高／降低价格／要价 - have/hold/hand over the deed/(especially British English) deeds of/to the house, land, etc.
持有／移交房屋、土地等契约
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesa1Apartment dwellers can participate in community gardens. 公寓住户可以在社区的花园中参加活动。 I share an apartment with two friends. 我和两个朋友合住一套公寓。 I'm looking for an apartment on the east side of the city. 我正在城东找一处公寓。 We will be renting the apartment for a year. 我们将租用这套公寓一年。 the people who live in the upstairs apartment 住在楼上公寓里的人们
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- spacious
- cramped
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- buy
- lease
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- block
- building
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a set of rooms used for a holiday （度假用的）公寓套房 self-catering holiday apartments 自己开伙的度假套房 They are staying in a luxury apartment overlooking the beach. 他们住在俯瞰海滩的豪华公寓里。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- spacious
- cramped
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- buy
- lease
- rent
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- block
- building
- complex
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a room in a house, especially a large or famous house （尤指巨屋、名宅的）房间 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- private
- royal
- state
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Word Originmid 17th cent. (denoting a private suite of rooms): from French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from appartare ‘to separate’, from a parte ‘apart’.