estate

estate

英 [ɪ'steɪt; e-]
　　美 [ɪ'stet]

n. 房地產；財產；身份

中文詞源：

estate 莊園

e-, 緩音字母。-stat, 站立，詞源同stand,instate.用來指莊園或房產。

例句：

1. By his own admission, he evaded taxes as a Florida real-estate speculator.
他親口承認自己在佛羅裡達從事房地產投機生意時逃過稅。

2. The allowable deduction is apportioned between the estate and the beneficiaries.
減免的稅額在地產和受益人之間分攤。

3. We went straight to the estate agent and wrote out a cheque.
我們徑直到房地產經紀人那裡開瞭一張支票。

4. The 77,000-acre estate contains five of the highest peaks in Scotland.
7.7萬英畝的私人土地上有5座蘇格蘭最高的山峰。

5. His mother's small estate had passed to him after her death.
他母親死後留給他一小筆遺產。