re-location
re-location — 名詞
1. the act of moving people, a business, or an activity to a different area and set
搬遷；遷移
將人或事業遷移到新地點安置
the act of moving people, a business, or an activity to a different area and setting things up there.
Hiro's employer covered the cost of his re-location to the Osaka office.
Hiro 的雇主負擔了他搬遷到大阪辦公室的費用。
re-location to [place] for a job
The factory's re-location to Vietnam created hundreds of new jobs last year.
那間工廠遷移到越南，去年創造了數百個新的工作機會。
re-location to [country] for a business
After the flood, the Reyes family began their slow re-location to higher ground.
水災過後，Reyes 一家開始緩慢地搬遷到地勢較高的地方。
Renata accepted the promotion despite the difficult re-location it required across the country.
Renata 接受了升遷，儘管這次搬遷必須橫跨全國、相當辛苦。
The library's re-location to the new building took the whole summer to finish.
圖書館遷移到新大樓，整個夏天才完成。
- move
everyday, less formal word for the same action
- transfer
usually moving an employee or department within one organisation
- resettlement
emphasises moving people to live somewhere new, often after a crisis
文法句型
re-location to [place]
re-location of [people / business]
用法筆記
Subject is usually a person, an organisation, or an activity being moved; the new place follows 'to' and the thing moved follows 'of'. Commonly paired with work and business contexts (job, office, factory, headquarters).
常見錯誤
2. in Scots law, the automatic continuation of a lease for a further period when ne
默示續租
蘇格蘭法中租約自動續延的情形
in Scots law, the automatic continuation of a lease for a further period when neither side ends it.
Under Scots law, tacit re-location renewed the farm lease for another full year.
根據蘇格蘭法，默示續租使那份農場租約自動延續了一整年。
tacit re-location: automatic lease renewal
The tenant stayed on, so re-location extended the shop lease without a new contract.
房客繼續留下，因此默示續租在沒有新合約的情況下延長了店面租約。
re-location extends a lease when the tenant stays
Eitan learned that tacit re-location would continue his office lease unless he gave notice.
Eitan 得知，除非他發出通知，否則默示續租會讓他的辦公室租約繼續有效。
Because no one objected, re-location kept the flat lease running for a further term.
由於沒有人提出異議，默示續租讓那間公寓的租約再延續了一個租期。
- renewal
general term for extending an agreement; re-location is the specific by-law version
- continuation
plain word for a lease carrying on; re-location is its formal Scots-law name
- termination
ending the lease, the opposite of letting it continue
文法句型
tacit re-location
re-location of a lease
用法筆記
Restricted to Scots property law; everyday English never carries this meaning. Distinguish from sense 1 (MOVE TO NEW PLACE), which is the only reading used in general speech. Almost always preceded by 'tacit'.