untenanted
untenanted — 形容詞
- untenantedpositive
- more untenantedcomparative
- most untenantedsuperlative
1. describing a home, shop, or piece of land that nobody is renting.
無人承租的
沒有租客居住或使用的房屋或土地
describing a home, shop, or piece of land that nobody is renting.
The Okafor brothers bought an untenanted farmhouse and spent the spring repairing its roof.
Okafor 兄弟買下一棟無人承租的農舍，花了整個春天修理屋頂。
untenanted + building noun: untenanted farmhouse
The Elm Street shop stayed untenanted for a year, so the owner cut the rent.
Elm Street 上的那間店面無人承租了一年，所以屋主調降了租金。
predicate use: stay untenanted
Élise phoned the landlord about three untenanted flats, hoping to rent one soon.
Élise 打電話給房東，詢問三間無人承租的公寓，希望能盡快租下一間。
Most of the warehouses by the river have been untenanted since the factory closed.
自從工廠關閉後，河邊的倉庫大多一直無人承租。
Ishaan hoped someone would soon rent the untenanted cottage at the end of the lane.
Ishaan 希望很快有人來租下巷子盡頭那間無人承租的小屋。
- unoccupied
more general; also fits a seat or room that nobody is using
用法筆記
Usually describes a building or land, as in an untenanted house or an untenanted building; for a seat or table with nobody at it, see sense 2.
2. empty because no one is in it or at it, as with a seat or a goal.
空著；無人
某處沒有任何人在場
empty because no one is in it or at it, as with a seat or a goal.
Several untenanted chairs stood in the front row because the guests had not arrived.
前排有好幾張空著的椅子，因為賓客還沒到。
untenanted + furniture noun: untenanted chairs
Lucía searched the untenanted classroom, but the teacher and students had all gone home.
Lucía 找遍了無人的教室，但老師和學生都已經回家了。
At midnight the platform was untenanted, and Andrés heard only the wind.
午夜時月台上空無一人，Andrés 只聽得見風聲。
predicate use: be untenanted
The corner desk stayed untenanted all term, because no student ever chose to sit there.
整個學期那張角落的書桌都空著，因為沒有學生選擇坐在那裡。
The untenanted playground looked strange to Christopher on a warm Saturday afternoon.
在溫暖的週六午後，無人的遊樂場讓 Christopher 覺得很奇怪。
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: it says nobody is present, not that nobody pays rent; the source examples pair it with a net and a table.