To sublet is to rent out to a third person a place that you yourself are renting from someone else. You are the tenant, and for a while you become a small landlord: you keep your lease with the owner, and you take rent from the new person.

To subletsublet is to rent out to a third person a place that you yourself are renting from someone else意思是把你自己跟別人租來的地方再轉租給第三個人 You are the tenant你本來是房客 and for a while you become a small landlord但這段時間你變成一個小房東 you keep your lease with the owner你跟原本屋主的租約還在 and you take rent from the new person而你向新的人收房租

Students do it when they go home for the summer; workers do it when they are sent abroad for six months.

Students do it when they go home for the summer學生放暑假回家的時候會這樣做 workers do it when they are sent abroad for six months上班族被外派半年的時候也會這樣做

It is also a noun — 'I found a sublet near the station' means a place available on this kind of arrangement — and the person taking it is a 'subtenant', or in American English a 'subletter' or 'subleaser'.

It is also a noun這個字也可以當名詞用 'I found a sublet near the station'像'I found a sublet near the station' means a place available on this kind of arrangement意思是有這種安排可以租的地方 and the person taking it is a 'subtenant'承租的那個人叫'subtenant'（二房客） or in American English a 'subletter' or 'subleaser'在美式英語裡也叫'subletter'或'subleaser'

The verb form is irregular in a way that catches everyone: sublet, sublet, sublet, like 'let' itself. Never 'subletted'. The '-ting' form doubles the t: 'subletting'.

The verb form is irregular in a way that catches everyone這個動詞的變化不規則，常常讓人搞錯 sublet, sublet, sublet三態都是sublet、sublet、sublet like 'let' itself就跟'let'本身一樣 Never 'subletted'絕對不會是'subletted' The '-ting' form doubles the t加'-ing'的時候要疊一個t 'subletting'變成'subletting'

One important real-world point that dictionaries often skip: in many places you are not free to do this. Most leases say you must ask the owner first, and subletting without permission can get you thrown out. So when people talk about a sublet, the question 'does the landlord know?' is usually right behind it.

One important real-world point that dictionaries often skip有一點很重要，但字典常常沒提到 in many places you are not free to do this在很多地方你其實不能隨便這樣做 Most leases say you must ask the owner first大部分租約規定你得先問過屋主 and subletting without permission can get you thrown out沒經同意就轉租可能會被趕出去 So when people talk about a sublet所以大家聊到sublet的時候 the question 'does the landlord know?' is usually right behind it'房東知道嗎？'這個問題通常緊跟在後面

In American English you will hear 'sublease' just as often, and for ordinary purposes the two mean the same thing.

In American English you will hear 'sublease' just as often在美式英語裡你也一樣常聽到'sublease' and for ordinary purposes the two mean the same thing在一般情況下這兩個字意思是一樣的