"tenements" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 廉價公寓
• 劣質住房

Definition

城市中老舊或簡陋的公寓，許多家庭擠在狹小空間，生活條件往往很差。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多用來描述十九世紀或二十世紀初的都市老舊公寓，含有擁擠與貧窮之意。現代公寓不適用此詞。常見用法有“tenement building”、“tenement housing”。

Examples

Many poor families lived in tenements in the 1900s.

許多貧窮家庭在1900年代住在**廉價公寓**裡。

The old tenements were cold and dark at night.

舊**劣質住房**晚上又冷又黑。

Hundreds of people shared the tenements on that street.

那條街上有數百人共住**廉價公寓**。

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

許多移民在擁擠的**廉價公寓**展開新生活。

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

城市終於拆除了那些老**廉價公寓**來建公園。

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

仔細看，這一帶仍可看到老**劣質住房**的痕跡。