一秒钟记个单词“landlord”

No.84 landlord

lan d lord → 懒 得 劳动

“我这也没几套房，你说我还用得着劳动吗？”

正式释义：landlord

n. 房东；业主；地主

拆分：land 土地，领土 + lord 主人

→ 某种领土的主人

→ landlord 地主

例句：

① 地主

• The beneficiaries are overwhelmingly large landlords and industrial capital.

受益者绝大多数是大地主和工业资本。

• Her husband was driven to death by the landlord.

他丈夫就是被地主逼死的。

② 房东

• The landlord had promised to redecorate the bedrooms before we moved in.

房东答应在我们搬进来之前重新装修卧室。

•Housing associations are the biggest landlords in this area.

住房协会是这个地区最大的房东。