condominium

/ˌkɒndəˈmɪniəm/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌkɑːndəˈmɪniəm/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌkän-də-ˈmi-nē-əm/ (ame, mw)

condominium — 名詞

  • condominiumsingular
  • condominiumsplural

1. a residential building where every apartment is privately owned by the household

1.名詞B2
釋義

公寓大樓

住戶各自持有單位、共用公設的大樓

a residential building where every apartment is privately owned by the household living in it, while corridors, lifts, gyms, and other communal spaces are jointly owned and managed by all the residents together.

例句

Amihan and her brother grew up in a tall condominium next to the metro station.

Amihan 和哥哥從小住在捷運站旁邊的高層公寓大樓裡。

common pattern: live in a [tall/new/luxury] condominium

The new condominium on Oak Street has a rooftop garden and a small gym shared by all residents.

Oak Street 那棟新的公寓大樓設有屋頂花園和一座小型健身房，由全體住戶共同使用。

highlights shared facilities — the defining feature

同義詞
  • apartment building

    broader; covers rental blocks too, where condominium implies private ownership of each unit

  • condo

    informal shortening, very common in American speech

文法句型

a/the condominium

live in a condominium

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 2: this sense names the whole BUILDING, while sense 2 names one apartment inside it. American English; British speakers usually say 'block of flats' for the building and 'flat' for a single unit.

常見錯誤

❌I rent a small condominium on the third floor.' (when meaning one unit).
✅I rent a small condominium unit on the third floor.' OR use sense 2's countable reading
💡'I rent a condominium on the third floor.' is fine in American English where the word covers both readings, but adding 'unit' makes it clear you mean one apartment, not the whole building.

2. a single apartment that the resident has bought and owns outright, located insid

2.名詞B2
釋義

自有公寓

由住戶自己買下、產權獨立的一戶公寓

a single apartment that the resident has bought and owns outright, located inside a building whose hallways and other shared spaces belong jointly to every owner.

例句

Zola finally saved enough money to buy a small condominium in downtown Toronto.

Zola 終於存夠錢，在多倫多市中心買下一間小型自有公寓。

very common verb pattern: buy/purchase a condominium

After the divorce, Samir kept the condominium and moved his books into the spare bedroom.

離婚之後，Samir 保留了那間自有公寓，把書搬進客房。

treats the condominium as a single owned unit

同義詞
  • condo

    informal short form; far more common in everyday speech than the full word

  • apartment

    covers rentals too; 'condominium' specifies that the resident OWNS it

文法句型

buy/own/sell a condominium

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 1: this sense names ONE owned apartment, not the whole building. The same word does both jobs in American English; context usually makes the reading clear (buying/selling/renting a single unit → sense 2; rooftop gardens / shared facilities → sense 1).

常見錯誤

❌I'm building a condominium for my family.' (when meaning one apartment).
✅I'm buying a condominium for my family.
💡you cannot construct one apartment; the building is built by a developer and individual units are then purchased.

3. in international law, a territory whose government is jointly held by several ou

3.名詞C2
釋義

共管地

由兩國以上共同治理的領土

in international law, a territory whose government is jointly held by several outside countries acting together, with each foreign power holding equal authority — for example, the New Hebrides islands were jointly governed by Britain and France before independence.

例句

For nearly seventy years, the islands were a condominium of Britain and France.

這些島嶼曾經將近七十年是英國與法國的共管地。

common frame: a condominium of [country A] and [country B]

Eri's history teacher explained how Sudan was once a condominium ruled by Britain and Egypt together.

Eri 的歷史老師說明蘇丹曾經是英國與埃及共管的領土。

passive structure: ruled as a condominium

同義詞
  • joint rule

    plain-English paraphrase; describes the arrangement rather than naming a territory

  • coimperium

    rare technical synonym in international-law writing

反義詞
  • sovereign state

    a country governed entirely by itself, with no shared foreign authority

文法句型

a condominium of [country A] and [country B]

用法筆記

Only sense that takes the prepositional frame 'condominium of [country] and [country]'. Restricted to legal, political, and historical writing — never used in everyday speech about housing.