Word · Frequency #12452
tenement
廉价公寓；经济公寓；破旧公寓
a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards
多指城市中破旧拥挤、条件较差的出租公寓
- 1.
A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one.
出租给多个租户的建筑物,尤指租金低廉且破旧的。
- 2.
Any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned.
任何由一人从另一人处持有而非拥有的财产形式。
- 3.
A dwelling; abode; habitation.
住所；棲身之處。
出租给多个租户的建筑物,尤指租金低廉且破旧的。；任何由一人从另一人处持有而非拥有的财产形式。；住所；棲身之處。；房屋；住房
In use
The old tenement had no elevator and its stairs were unsafe.
Many families once shared a single room in that crowded tenement.
The landlord finally fixed the broken windows in the tenement.
a tenement
tenement 是可数名词，单数前常用不定冠词 a/an。
They lived in a tenement for years.
他们在一栋廉租公寓里住了多年。
tenement + noun
tenement 可作定语修饰名词，表示‘廉租公寓的’，如 tenement building。
The tenement building was demolished.
那栋廉租公寓楼已被拆除。
the tenements
复数形式 tenements 与定冠词 the 连用，特指某些廉租公寓。
Connections
Collocations
- tenement building
- 经济公寓楼；廉价公寓楼
- They lived in a crumbling tenement building on the Lower East Side.他们住在下东区一栋摇摇欲坠的经济公寓楼里。
- tenement housing
- 经济公寓住房；廉价公寓住房
- Many immigrants could afford only tenement housing.许多移民只住得起经济公寓住房。
- crowded tenement
- 拥挤的经济公寓
- Whole families shared a single room in crowded tenements.在拥挤的经济公寓里，一家老小合住一间屋子。
- tenement district
- 经济公寓区；廉价公寓区
- The tenement district was notorious for its poor sanitary conditions.这个经济公寓区以卫生条件恶劣而闻名。
Pop culture & quotes
- I was born in a tenement yard, that's where I got my education.
- 我出生在廉租公寓的院子里，那是我受教育的地方。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
tenement 听像 ten-e-ment：十户人家挤在一栋破旧公寓楼里。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：住房法律与政策、历史描述、城市研究 tenement 指破旧公寓楼时通常用于正式或书面语境，常见于住房法规、城市历史或新闻报道中；在日常口语里较少直接使用，可改用 apartment 或 housing project。
Grammar Note
指城市中破旧、拥挤的出租公寓楼，常含负面含义。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Tenement, tenet, and tenant all begin with /ˈtɛn/, but only the first syllable is shared; their endings are different. The -ment words (element, monument, sediment, garment) match the spelling ending -ment but do not rhyme with tenement because their stressed vowels or following sounds differ.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.