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词源词缀 -ten-握，持有+-ant人ten-，持有，握住，-ant，人。引申词义租客，租户。=tenant和tennis、obtain是同根词，词根ten、tain表“抓住，拿住”。词源上，tenant的本义是“持有者”，就是暂时拿着、占着某物的人。该词词义统一于“租借”，房客租借房间，佃户向地主租借田地。同根词tenure（保有权，占有）。

中文词源： tenant 租客，租户 ten-,持有，握住，-ant,人。引申词义租客，租户。 tenant
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My tenant for several years was a sushi chef from japan .

有好几年，我的房客是一名日本来的寿司厨师。

That means a tenant 's rent covers the interest bill and the owner pockets any capital appreciation .

这意味着房客缴纳的租金能抵消贷款利息，任何资本增值部分都将落入房主的腰包。

We went to the estate agent who had originally let the house to our tenant and got his references .

我们去找了最初将房子租给我们房客的那家房地产中介，拿到了房客的信息。

We discovered from the police and other agencies that our tenant was part of a group that had stolen three other houses .

我们从警察和其它部门得知，我们的房客属于一个犯罪团伙，他们还偷了另外三处房产。

Besides mourning his father , erik is also nursing an insidious crush on his tenant , a lovely jamaican woman who lives in the flat below with her young daughter .

除了为自己的父亲居丧以外，埃里克暗恋上了他的房客，一个可爱的牙买加女人，她与自己年轻的妹妹同住在楼下公寓里。