Online Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

Tenant (n): a person who pays rent for the use of land or a building
租户；佃户；房客

Tenants are complaining that vital repairs are not being done.
They formed a tenants association.

Sublet (v): to allow someone to rent all or part of a house or other building that you are renting from someone else
分租，转租
Our rental contract states that we are not allowed to sublet the house.
我们的租房合同写明我们不得将房屋转租。

Pan-(prefix): including or relating to all the places or people in a particular group
全，总，泛
a pan-American conference
泛美大会
a pan-European summit
泛欧峰会
the Pan-African Congress
泛非会议

Pandemic (n): a pandemic disease
大流行病
a pandemic of influenza
流感大爆发
an influenza pandemic
流感大爆发

I had an interesting thought (n)

To cover the cost=to pay

Imply (v): to communicate an idea or feeling without saying it directly
暗指，暗示
Are you implying (that) I’m fat?
你是在暗示我长得胖吗？
I’m not implying anything about your cooking, but could we eat out tonight?
我并不是暗示你做的饭不好吃，只是想提议我们今晚去外面吃，好吗？

Gear (n): a device, often consisting of connecting sets of wheels with teeth (= points) around the edge, that controls how much power from an engine goes to the moving parts of a machine
挡，排挡；传动装置
Does your car have five or six gears?
你的车是4挡的还是5挡的？
I couldn’t find reverse gear.
我找不着倒挡了。
The car should be in gear (= with its gears in position, allowing the vehicle to move).
车挡应该挂着。