tenant

tenant — 名詞

1. someone who rents a house, apartment, office, or piece of land from its owner by

1.名詞B1
釋義

租戶

付租金使用房屋或土地的人

someone who rents a house, apartment, office, or piece of land from its owner by making regular payments

例句

The tenant signed a one-year lease for the apartment near the university.

這位租戶簽了一份為期一年的租約，租下大學附近的公寓。

collocation: sign a lease

Landlords must give tenants at least 24 hours' notice before entering the property.

房東必須在進入房屋前至少二十四小時通知租戶。

tenant + landlord pair

同義詞
  • renter

    more informal and common in everyday speech; a renter pays rent for a home or vehicle

  • lessee

    formal legal term for someone who signs a lease agreement, typically for a fixed period

  • occupant

    broader term — anyone who lives or works in a space, whether or not they pay rent

反義詞
  • landlord

    the person who owns the property and receives rent from the tenant

  • owner

    the person who holds legal title to the property — a tenant is not an owner

  • lessor

    formal legal term for the person who grants a lease to the lessee

文法句型

a + tenant

the + tenant(s)

tenant of + place

常見錯誤

❌The tenant bought the apartment last month.
✅The tenant rented the apartment last year.
💡a tenant does not own the property; they pay rent to use it.
❌The tenant owns three houses in the city.
✅The landlord owns three houses in the city and rents them to tenants.
💡the person who owns property and rents it out is the landlord, not the tenant.

tenant — 動詞