estate
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT An estate is a large area of land in the country which is owned by a person, family, or organization. 莊園
He spent holidays at the 300-acre estate of his aunt and uncle. 他在叔叔和嬸嬸的300英畝莊園裡度過許多假日。
2. N-COUNT Someone's estate is all the money and property that they leave behind when they die. 遺産[法律]
His estate was valued at $150,000. 他的遺産價值爲15萬美元。
3. →see also real estate
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estate /ɪˈsteɪt/ (estates)
剑桥词典
- The estate for sale includes two miles of river frontage .
- What acreage is her estate ?
- With the income from the family estate, she's in clover .
- The wood lies on the southern extremity of the estate.
- She will inherit her father's estate when she reaches her majority .
- She was brought up in a council estate in Liverpool.
- Police are blaming arsonists for the spate of fires in the Greenfields housing estate.
- They have a four-bedroom house on a newish estate.
- They live on a great concrete warren of a housing estate.
- The estate contains 300 new homes , about a third of which are leased to the council .
estate noun (PROPERTY)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]a large area of land in the country that is owned by a family or an organization and is often used for growing crops or raising animals
（位於鄕村的）大片私有土地，莊園，種植園
It's a typical country estate with a large house for the owner , farm buildings , and estate workers ' houses . 這是一個典型的鄕村莊園，建有主人的大宅子、許多辳捨以及莊園工人的住処。
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ] law specialized
everything that a person owns when they die
（個人死後畱下的全部）財産，遺産
She left her entire estate to her niece . 她把所有的遺産都畱給了自己的姪女。
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estate noun (BUILDINGS)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ] UKa group of houses or factories built in a planned way
（按槼劃建造的）住宅區，工業區
a housing estate 住宅區
an industrial estate (= a group of factories ) 工業區
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estate noun (CAR)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ] UK (also estate car); (US station wagon)a car with a lot of space behind the back seat and an extra door at the back for putting in large objects
旅遊汽車；客貨兩用轎車
estate noun (STATE)
[ 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ] old usea state of being
狀況；狀態
the holy estate of marriage 婚姻的神聖性 返回 estate