apartment hunting 找房子
vacant [ˈveɪkənt]
a.空着的,未占用的
◎vacant room空房
rent [rent]
v.出租,将…租给
n.租金;出租
◎rent out租出/for rent供出租的,待租
market rent市面租金
rental [ˈrentl]
n.租金
a.租赁的
◎rental housing租赁房屋
rental advertisement房屋招租广告
lease [liːs]
v.租用,租借,出租(尤指房地产或设备)
n.租约
◎lease term租赁期/lease contract租赁契约
financial lease融资性租赁
letting agency 房屋中介
tenant [ˈtenənt]
n.承租人;房客
◎sitting tenant现时租户/principal tenant二房东
joint tenant联名承租人
landlord [ˈlændlɔːd]
n.房东
roommate [ˈruːmmeɪt]
n.室友
rental agreement 租赁合同
one-year lease 一年租期
short-term renting 短期租房
cash pledge 押金
spare key 备用钥匙
utilities included (租金)包水电
lower the price 降价
housing [ˈhaʊzɪŋ]
n.房屋,住宅
◎housing fund住房公积金/housing estate居住小区/affordable housing经济适用房
apartment [əˈpɑːtmənt]
n.一套公寓;房间
◎service apartment酒店式公寓
one-bedroom apartment单人公寓
accommodation [əˌkɒməˈdeɪʃn]
n.住宿;膳宿
bungalow [ˈbʌŋɡələʊ]
n.(带走廊的)平房,小屋
◎tourist bungalow游客宿舍;旅客询问中心
boarding house 供膳宿的宿舍;寄宿公寓
furnished house 有家具的房子
spare room 空房
living quarter 居民区
inhabitant [ɪnˈhæbɪtənt]
n.居民,居住者
◎urban inhabitant城市居民
downtown [ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn]
a.市区的
ad. 往(在)市区
◎downtown area市中心
nearby [ˌnɪəˈbaɪ]
a.附近的
ad. 在附近
◎nearby view近景
utility [juːˈtɪləti]
n.公共设施
elevator [ˈelɪveɪtə(r)]
n.电梯;升降机
◎take the elevator乘电梯
radiator [ˈreɪdieɪtə(r)]
n.暖气片,散热器
◎heating radiator供暖散热片
ventilator [ˈventɪleɪtə(r)]
n.通风设备;通风口
◎air ventilator通风口
move [muːv]
v.搬家
◎move out搬出/move in搬进
removal [rɪˈmuːvl]
n.搬迁
settlement [ˈsetlmənt]
n.定居
A:I heard you might have a spare room. (我听说您有空房间。)
B:I do. Why, do you want to rent it? (是的,怎么了,你想租吗?)
A:What do you think of your new apartment? (你觉得你的新公寓怎么样?)
B:As long as the rent won't increase, it is good. (只要房租不涨就很不错。)