tenants
tenants — 名詞
- tenantssingular
- tenantsesplural
1. Anyone who pays rent — a regular amount of money — to a landlord or property own
房客；租戶
支付租金使用房屋或土地者
Anyone who pays rent — a regular amount of money — to a landlord or property owner in exchange for the right to live in a house, use a building, or work on land.
Rodrigo signed a two-year lease to become a tenant of the third-floor flat.
Rodrigo 簽了一份兩年租約，成為三樓公寓的房客。
collocation: sign a lease
Before signing the contract, every new tenant should check what the rent covers.
簽約之前，每位新房客都應該確認租金包含哪些項目。
new tenant + check what rent covers
The landlord fixed the broken window after the tenant in flat 4B complained twice.
4B 公寓的房客抱怨了兩次後，房東終於修好了破掉的窗戶。
There is a building rule that says no tenant can keep a pet without permission.
大樓有規定：房客未經許可不能養寵物。
Aylin has been a tenant there for eight years and never missed a payment.
Aylin 在那裡當了八年的房客，從未遲繳過房租。
- landlord
the person who owns the property and receives the rent
文法句型
tenant + of + building
tenant + in/at + place
2. A person who lives in or uses a particular place as their home or base, without
居住者
住在某處的人，不一定是租客
A person who lives in or uses a particular place as their home or base, without the meaning of paying rent being the central idea; simply someone who occupies a space.
The previous tenant of this office was a dentist who left all his old chairs.
這間辦公室的前一位使用者是一名牙醫，留下了他所有的舊椅子。
previous tenant + of + place
Lea was the only tenant of the hospital room after her roommate went home.
Lea 是那間病房唯一的居住者，她的室友已經出院了。
tenant of a hospital room — not a rental
The current tenant inherited the cottage from his parents and lives there alone.
現任居住者從父母那裡繼承了小屋，獨自住在那裡。
As the sole tenant of the farmhouse, Justin keeps the garden in good shape.
身為農舍的唯一居住者，Justin 把花園打理得很好。
Dewi lives in her uncle's building as a tenant but does not pay any rent.
Dewi 以居住者的身分住在她叔叔的大樓裡，但不用付任何租金。
文法句型
tenant + of + place
tenant + in + place
用法筆記
This sense focuses on someone simply living in or using a place — they could be the owner, a family member staying for free, or a person occupying a non-residential space like a hospital room. If you specifically mean someone who pays rent, use the first sense instead.
常見錯誤
tenants — 動詞
- tenantspresent simple I / you / we / they
- tenantses3rd person singular
- tenantsing-ing form
- tenantsedpast simple
1. To occupy or use a house, building, or piece of land by arrangement with the own
承租；租用
以租戶身分居住或使用
To occupy or use a house, building, or piece of land by arrangement with the owner, typically in exchange for paying rent.
The top two floors are tenanted by a law firm with fifty lawyers.
大樓頂樓兩層由一家五十名律師的事務所承租。
passive: be tenanted by [organisation]
This old warehouse was tenanted by artists who turned it into a gallery.
這間舊倉庫曾由一群藝術家承租，改造成畫廊。
A busy cafe tenants the ground floor of the new office building.
一間熱鬧的咖啡館承租了這棟新辦公大樓的一樓。
The corner shop has been tenanted by the Lakan family for three generations now.
這間街角商店由 Lakan 家承租，至今已經三代了。
The building on Park Road stood empty for years before it was tenanted.
公園路上的那棟建築空了好幾年，之後才被承租。
- vacate
to leave a property empty
文法句型
be tenanted by + person/group
tenant + building
用法筆記
This verb is far less common than the noun. It is most natural in the passive construction 'be tenanted by', especially in British English. The active voice (e.g. 'a company tenants the building') exists but sounds quite formal.