co-owners

co-owners — 名詞

1. someone who, together with at least one other person, holds the legal right to a

1.名詞B1
釋義

共同擁有者

與他人共同擁有財產、公司或資產的人

someone who, together with at least one other person, holds the legal right to a piece of property, a business, or an asset

例句

After their mother died, Talia and her brother became co-owners of the family farm.

母親過世後，Talia 和哥哥成了那塊家族農場的共同擁有者。

became co-owners of (inheritance context)

Sven and his two cousins are co-owners of a furniture workshop in Stockholm.

Sven 和兩個表兄弟是斯德哥爾摩一家傢俱工作室的共同擁有者。

are co-owners of [business]

同義詞
  • joint owner

    more formal and legal in tone, common in property law and official documents

  • part-owner

    less formal, often used for informal partnerships or partial stakes in smaller assets

  • shareholder

    specifically refers to owning shares in a corporation, not direct ownership of assets

反義詞
  • sole owner

    a person who owns something alone, without sharing the legal right with anyone else

文法句型

co-owners + of + noun phrase

co-owners + verb (plural agreement)

用法筆記

Frequently followed by 'of' to specify the jointly-owned item, such as a building, a business, a patent, or other shared asset.

常見錯誤

❌Talia and her brother are the co-owners together of the farm.
✅Talia and her brother are co-owners of the farm.
💡'together' is redundant because the prefix 'co-' already implies joint ownership.