- (abbreviation apt.)(especially North American English)(British English usually flat)
a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a building （通常指在同一樓層的）公寓套房 an apartment building 公寓大樓 I was renting a two-bedroom apartment in an old building. 我在一棟舊樓裏租了一套兩居室的公寓。 A group of developers wants to build a high-rise apartment complex. 一群開發商想建一個高層公寓樓。 I lived on the ground floor of an apartment block. 我住在一棟公寓樓的底層。 They left their fourth-floor apartment on Mott Street and walked to the bus. 他們離開莫特街四樓的公寓，走向公共汽車。 a one-room apartment 一室公寓 I moved into a lovely little studio apartment. 我搬進了一個可愛的小公寓。 He was evicted from his Manhattan apartment. 他被趕出了他在曼哈頓的公寓。
CollocationsMoving house 搬家 Renting 租房子 - live in a rented/(especially North American English) rental property
住在租來的住所裏 - rent/share/move into a furnished house/(British English) flat/(especially North American English) apartment
租用／合住／搬進配有家具的房屋／公寓 - rent a studio/(British English) a studio flat/(especially North American English) a studio apartment/(British English) a bedsit
租一個單間公寓 - find/get a housemate/(British English) a flatmate/(North American English) a roommate
找一個室友 - sign/break the lease/rental agreement/contract
簽署／違反租約／租賃協議／合同 - extend/renew/terminate the lease/(British English) tenancy
延長租賃期限；續簽／終止租約 - afford/pay the rent/the bills/(North American English) the utilities
付得起／支付租金／賬單／水電氣等雜費 - (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／退還損壞押金／保證金 - give/receive a month’s/two-weeks’ notice to leave/vacate the property
提前一個月／兩周發出／收到離開／騰空住房的通知
Being a landlord 做房東 - 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
趕走現有房客 - attract/find new/prospective tenants
吸引／尋找新的／可能的房客 - invest in rental property/(British English) property to let/(British English) the buy-to-let market
投資購房用於出租
Buying 購買房子 - buy/acquire/purchase a house/(a) property/(especially North American English) (a piece of) prime real estate
購置一棟房子／一處房産／（一塊）優質房地産 - call/contact/use (British English) an estate agent/(North American English) a Realtor™/(North American English) a real estate agent/broker
電話聯系／聯系／任用房地産經紀人 - make/ (British English) put in an offer on a house
提供房子的報價 - put down/save for (British English) a deposit on a house
支付／存錢付房屋訂金 - make/put/save for (especially North American English) a down payment on a house/home
支付／攢錢支付買房的首付金 - apply for/arrange/take out a mortgage/home loan
申請／商定／取得按揭／住房貸款 - (struggle to) pay the mortgage
（竭力）支付按揭貸款 - make/meet/keep up/cover the monthly mortgage payments/(British English also) repayments
支付每月的按揭貸款 - (British English) repossess/ (especially North American English) foreclose on somebody’s home/house
收回某人的房子；終止某人的房屋贖回權
Selling 出售房子 - put your house/property on the market/up for sale/up for auction
將房屋／房産投放市場／出售／拍賣 - increase/lower your price/the asking price
提高／降低價格／要價 - have/hold/hand over the deed/(especially British English) deeds of/to the house, land, etc.
持有／移交房屋、土地等契約
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesa1Apartment dwellers can participate in community gardens. 公寓住戶可以在社區的花園中參加活動。 I share an apartment with two friends. 我和兩個朋友合住一套公寓。 I'm looking for an apartment on the east side of the city. 我正在城東找一處公寓。 We will be renting the apartment for a year. 我們將租用這套公寓一年。 the people who live in the upstairs apartment 住在樓上公寓裏的人們
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- spacious
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- block
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a set of rooms used for a holiday （度假用的）公寓套房 self-catering holiday apartments 自己開夥的度假套房 They are staying in a luxury apartment overlooking the beach. 他們住在俯瞰海灘的豪華公寓裏。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- spacious
- cramped
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- buy
- lease
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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）房間 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- private
- royal
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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’.