on-premises

on-premises — adjective

1. kept, run, or located in a company's own building or land, rather than hosted so

1.形容詞B2
釋義

kept, run, or located in a company's own building or land, rather than hosted somewhere far away such as on the internet

例句

The hospital still keeps an on-premises server room so patient records never leave the building.

on-premises + facility noun (server room)

Andrés chose on-premises software because his bank bans customer data in the cloud.

on-premises + product noun (software)

同義詞
  • on-site

    broader; any kind of place, not only a company's building or land

  • local

    in computing, stresses being on your own machine rather than over a network

反義詞
  • cloud-based

    stored and run on a provider's remote servers over the internet

  • off-site

    kept or done away from the main building or land

文法句型

on-premises + noun

用法筆記

Almost always used before a noun, not after 'be'. Most common in computing, where on-premises systems contrast with cloud-based ones; also common for facilities a building offers (parking, gym, clinic).

常見錯誤

❌Our server is on-premises located.
✅We have an on-premises server.
💡put 'on-premises' directly before the noun it describes, not before a past participle.
❌an on-premise solution
✅an on-premises solution
💡the standard adjective keeps the final 's', even though people often drop it in speech.

on-premises — adverb