- (formal, literary) a thing that somebody does that is usually very good or very bad行为;行动 synonym act
- It's a stirring tale of heroic deeds.这是一则激动人心的英雄事迹。
- a brave/charitable deed勇敢/慈善的行为
- She tried to do a good deed every day.她每天都努力做好事。
- They will be punished for their evil deeds.他们将因他们的恶行受到惩罚。
Extra Examples- She would not be able to relax until the deed was done.直到这件事做好她才能放松下来。
- The prince swore she would be punished for her dastardly deeds.王子发誓说她会为自己的卑鄙行为付出代价。
- They paid children to do their evil deeds.他们给孩子们钱,让他们做坏事。
- demands that the country should apologize for its past deeds让这个国家为过去的行为道歉的要求
- evil deeds perpetrated by wicked people恶人做的坏事
- warriors who performed glorious deeds立下赫赫战功的勇士
- (often plural in BrE在英式英语中常用复数) a legal document that you sign, especially one that proves that you own a house or a building(尤指房产)契约,证书
- The deeds of the house are missing.房子的契约不见了。
Collocations Moving house搬家Moving house 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
see also title deedExtra Examples- Many of the villagers have no land deeds.许多村民没有地契。
- The deeds are perfectly valid legally.这些契约在法律上完全有效。
- The deeds to the property are with my lawyer.这份房地产的契约在我的律师那里。
Topics Law and justicec2, Houses and homesc2 Word OriginOld English dēd, dǣd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch daad and German Tat, from an Indo-European root shared by do1.
Idioms your good deed for the day
- a helpful, kind thing that you do(所做的)好事,善事
- I took Sarah’s children to school so I’ve done my good deed for the day.我送了萨拉的孩子去上学,所以今天已经做了善事。
- She felt that she had done her good deed for the day.她当时认为自己做了好事。