personal property
personal property — 名詞
1. all the movable items that a person owns, for example furniture, money, vehicles
個人財物
個人擁有的可移動物品
all the movable items that a person owns, for example furniture, money, vehicles, jewellery, and clothing, which can be taken along when moving to a new home or travelling
When Reema moved to a new flat, she packed all her personal property into boxes.
Reema 搬到新公寓時，把所有個人財物裝進了箱子。
collocation: pack personal property
The flood destroyed most of Hao's personal property, including his laptop and bicycle.
洪水摧毀了 Hao 大部分的個人財物，包括他的筆記型電腦和腳踏車。
Hana's rental insurance covers personal property worth up to fifty thousand dollars.
Hana 的租屋保險涵蓋價值高達五萬美元的個人財物。
Amani asked a neighbour to look after her personal property while she studied in Canada.
Amani 拜託鄰居在她去加拿大唸書期間幫忙看管個人財物。
Every item of personal property that Esteban owned fit into the back of one truck.
Esteban 擁有的每一件個人財物，一輛卡車就全部裝得下。
- belongings
more casual, used for everyday items you carry or keep nearby
- possessions
slightly more formal; can include both movable and non-movable items
- effects
formal and legal language, common in wills and insurance documents
- chattels
strictly a legal term for movable property; rare in everyday speech
- real estate
land and buildings, the opposite type of property
- real property
the legal term for land and anything built on it
用法筆記
Frequently used in the context of insurance, moving, inheritance, and legal disputes over belongings. Uncountable — do not say 'a personal property' or 'personal properties' for this sense.
常見錯誤
2. in legal contexts, everything that a person or company owns except land and buil
動產
法律上非不動產的財產
in legal contexts, everything that a person or company owns except land and buildings, including money, shares, contracts, patents, and physical movable objects
The lawyer told Inês that her car counted as personal property under state law.
律師告訴 Inês，根據州法，她的汽車屬於動產。
legal: personal property under [law]
Under the will, Eric inherited all personal property while the house went to his brother.
根據遺囑，Eric 繼承了所有動產，而房子則歸他弟弟所有。
legal contrast: personal property vs real property in a will
In a divorce, the court decides how to divide the couple's personal property fairly.
在離婚案件中，法院必須決定如何公平分配雙方的動產。
A patent or copyright is a form of intellectual personal property with measurable financial value.
專利或著作權是一種具有可衡量財務價值的無形動產。
When a firm goes bankrupt, its personal property is sold to pay debts.
公司破產時，其動產會被變賣來償還債務。
- chattels
exact legal synonym; old-fashioned outside legal documents
- movable property
the literal legal term; common in statutes and contracts
- personalty
the formal legal noun; very rare in modern usage outside law textbooks
- real property
land, buildings, and anything permanently attached to them
- immovable property
civil-law synonym for real estate; used in some legal systems
用法筆記
Restricted to formal legal and financial writing. In everyday conversation, use 'belongings' or 'things you own' instead. Distinguish from sense 1: sense 2 explicitly includes intangible assets (stocks, patents, contracts), while sense 1 focuses on physical movable goods.