"tenements" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 廉价公寓
• 劣质住房

Definition

城市中老旧或简陋的公寓，大多家庭挤在狭小空间里，生活条件通常很差。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

主要形容19世纪或20世纪初的城市旧公寓，强调拥挤与贫困。现代公寓不会用这个词。常见搭配有“tenement building”、“tenement housing”。

Examples

Many poor families lived in tenements in the 1900s.

许多贫困家庭在1900年代住在**廉价公寓**里。

The old tenements were cold and dark at night.

老**劣质住房**夜里又冷又黑。

Hundreds of people shared the tenements on that street.

那条街上有数百人共住**廉价公寓**。

A lot of immigrants started their new lives in cramped tenements.

很多移民在拥挤的**廉价公寓**开始了新生活。

The city finally tore down the old tenements to build a park.

城市终于拆除了那些老**廉价公寓**来建公园。

If you look closely, you can still see the marks of old tenements in this neighborhood.

仔细看，这片社区还能看到老**劣质住房**的痕迹。