a person who pays rent for the use of a room, building, land, etc. to the person who owns it 房客;租户;佃户 They had evicted their tenants for non-payment of rent. 他们赶走了未交房租的房客。 The decorating was done by a previous tenant. 装修是一位前房客搞的。 tenant farmers (= ones who do not own their own farms) 佃农
CollocationsMoving house Moving 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 homesc1The property is currently occupied by a life tenant. 这处房产目前正由一名终生租赁人所租用。 conflicts that might arise between landlord and tenant 房东与房客之间可能出现的冲突 the sale of council houses to sitting tenants 将政府统建房出售给现住房客
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- current
- existing
- sitting
- …
- find
- have
- evict
- …
- occupy something
- farmer
- landlord and tenant
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, literally ‘holding’, present participle of tenir, from Latin tenere.