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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。
廉价公寓；经济公寓；破旧公寓
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廉价公寓；经济公寓；破旧公寓
a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards
They lived in a tenement for years.
他们在一栋廉租公寓里住了多年。
多指城市中破旧拥挤、条件较差的出租公寓
出租给多个租户的建筑物,尤指租金低廉且破旧的。
A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one.
任何由一人从另一人处持有而非拥有的财产形式。
Any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned.
住所；棲身之處。
A dwelling; abode; habitation.
The old tenement had no elevator and its stairs were unsafe.
那栋破旧公寓楼没有电梯，楼梯也不安全。
Many families once shared a single room in that crowded tenement.
许多家庭曾经挤在那栋拥挤的破旧公寓楼里共用一间房。
The landlord finally fixed the broken windows in the tenement.
房东终于修好了那栋破旧公寓楼里破损的窗户。
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 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。
复数形式 tenements 与定冠词 the 连用，特指某些廉租公寓。
The tenements were overcrowded.
那些廉租公寓过度拥挤。
Not this
They live in tenement.
Use this
They live in a tenement.
tenement 是可数名词单数，不能单独使用；中文没有冠词概念，容易漏掉 a/an，所以应加 a。
Not this
They live at a tenement.
Use this
They live in a tenement.
表示住在楼房里用 in，at 用于地址或具体地点，不表示居住在某建筑内部；因此介词应改为 in。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
我出生在廉租公寓的院子里，那是我受教育的地方。
From the song 'Tenement Yard' by Jamaican reggae group Inner Circle, with vocals by Jacob Miller; the lyric reflects growing up in a poor urban tenement community and learning about life there.
出自牙买加雷鬼乐队Inner Circle演唱、雅各布·米勒主唱的歌曲《Tenement Yard》，歌词反映了在贫民廉租公寓社区长大并在那里学到生活道理。
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tenement 听像 ten-e-ment：十户人家挤在一栋破旧公寓楼里。
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。
指城市中破旧、拥挤的出租公寓楼，常含负面含义。
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