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/ˈhoʊmˌoʊnər/ · /ˈhəʊmˌəʊnə/
someone who owns the house or flat they live in.
屋主
複數 homeowners
核心畫面
Picture two people living in identical flats on the same floor. One pays rent every month and has to ask before painting a wall; the other holds the deed, pays the mortgage, and can knock the wall down. The word names only that difference — the person living in a place that is legally theirs.
可以想成同一層樓、兩戶一模一樣的公寓。一戶每個月付房租,想漆牆壁還得先問過;另一戶手上有權狀,繳的是房貸,想把牆敲掉…更多收起
可以想成同一層樓、兩戶一模一樣的公寓。一戶每個月付房租,想漆牆壁還得先問過;另一戶手上有權狀,繳的是房貸,想把牆敲掉就敲掉。homeowner 指的就是後面那一種人——住在一個法律上屬於自己的地方。原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
homeownernoun
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Someone who owns a house.
- He advised homeowners to get insurance before then so they can be grandfathered in as discretionary buyers of flood insurance in a nonflood zone.
- The homeowner theorized that the intruders saw that the house was up for sale and targeted it for their rager.
- 2
Someone who does not have the title to a house, but has possession and is paying for it in installments.
- The taxability of forgiven debt is set to become a pressing issue as more homeowners fall behind on their mortgages and face foreclosure.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。