No.84 landlord

lan d lord → 懶 得 勞動(dòng)

“我這也沒幾套房，你說(shuō)我還用得著勞動(dòng)嗎？”

正式釋義：landlord

n. 房東；業(yè)主；地主

拆分：land 土地，領(lǐng)土 + lord 主人

→ 某種領(lǐng)土的主人

→ landlord 地主

例句：

① 地主

? The beneficiaries are overwhelmingly large landlords and industrial capital.

受益者絕大多數(shù)是大地主和工業(yè)資本。

? Her husband was driven to death by the landlord.

他丈夫就是被地主逼死的。

② 房東

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

房東答應(yīng)在我們搬進(jìn)來(lái)之前重新裝修臥室。

?Housing associations are the biggest landlords in this area.

住房協(xié)會(huì)是這個(gè)地區(qū)最大的房東。