| 英语单词 | estate |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [ɪ'steɪt] 美 [ɪ'steɪt] |
| 中文释义 | n.财产;遗产;房地产;状态;庄园 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The residue of estate belongs to his son. (2) He settled part of his estate on his son. (3) The old man left an estate of two million dollars when he died. (4) He owns a large estate in Scotland. (5) There is no reason to believe that people of every estate will support the political platform. (6) He has a beautiful estate near London. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 剩余财产属于他的儿子。 (2) 他把部分财产转让给儿子了。 (3) 那老人去世时留下二百万美元的遗产。 (4) 他在苏格兰有大量地产。 (5) 没有理由相信社会各阶层的人都会拥护这个政纲。 (6) 他在离伦敦不远处有一个美丽的庄园。 |
| vocabulary简明 | The word estate is mostly used to mean a massive and fabulous house on a big piece of land. When you own an estate, it usually means you have a whole lot of money to go along with it. |
| vocabulary扩展 | While an estate refers mostly to land and a house on it, it can also refer to all of a person’s possessions — and this sense of the word is often used after someone has died to refer to everything they are leaving behind. “You are set to inherit half of your grandfather’s estate, which includes his entire collection of stuffed raccoons.” In the past (and sometimes still) estate was also used to refer to someone’s state or condition, as well as his or her social standing. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]庄园;地产;(在乡村的)大片私有土地 An estate is a large area of land in the country which is owned by a person, family, or organization.
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]住宅区;工业区 People sometimes use estate to refer to a housing estate or an industrial estate. [BRIT 英]
3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]遗产 Someone's estate is all the money and property that they leave behind them when they die. [oft poss N] [LEGAL 法律]
4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]同estate car An estate is the same as an estate car . [BRIT 英] in AM, use 美国英语用 station wagon 5 See also:housing estate ;industrial estate ;real estate ; |
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