Landlord
[ 'lændlɔrd ]
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n. 房东，地主;店主;
💡 词根助记
land土地+lord主 → 地主
📝 例句
The landlord wouldn't reduce the rent of their room.
房东不肯减少他们房间的租金。
The landlord pressed the poor peasant for the debt.
地主催促可怜的农民还债。
My landlord's threatening to put the rent up by 10 a week.
我的房东要挟说要把每周租金提高10英镑.
Local landlords drove them off their plots.
当地的地主将他们从他们的地块上赶走。
"Well, I am sorry the squire can't come yet," says my landlord.
“那位先生还不能来，我觉得很遗憾，”我的男主人说。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※谐音“懒得劳动”:地主懒得劳动
※ land-土地,lord-统治者:土地的统治者→地主、房东
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
landlord
n
1 person who lets land, a house, a room, etc to a tenant 地主; 房东.
2 person who keeps a public house or a boarding-house （酒店或寄宿舍的）店主, 主人
It's a nice pub, except for the landlord. 酒店挺不错, 可是那店主却不怎麽样. Cf 参看 landlady. =>Usage at tenant 用法见tenant.
🎯 考研助记
构词：land（地）+lord（统治者，领主） 网友：BOB 补充：谐音:懒得劳动(地主)
📖 同为「CET-4」词汇
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Take your pound of flesh! I declare the court allows it and the law gives it to you.
割走你要的那一磅肉吗！我宣布法庭许可你（这样做），法律（把它）判给你。
These are the parts of the character: ear, you, eyes, undivided attention and heart.
“耳”、“你”、“目”、“专一”和“心”。
After all, I am the only one of my aunt's relations still alive.
不管怎么说，我是我伯母的亲戚中唯一一个还活着的人。