【apartment】 - A-level备考词汇

apartment

UK:  [əˈpɑː(r)tmənt]

US:  [əˈpɑːrtmənt]

复数：apartments  

n.

1.寓所,住房,公寓,英国常用flat

2.房间

3.公寓楼

4.(有特殊用途或专属某人的)豪华寓所

1 . Neighbors at the safe house had no idea drugs were moving in and out of the apartment until the cops showed up on Friday, witnesses said.
直到周五警察现身，毒品贩子安全住所的邻居们对搬进搬出的毒品还毫无察觉，目击者说。

2 . Apartment Manager: There aren't any rodents or any other vermin in this apartment complex. I make sure of that.
房屋经理：在这栋公寓大楼里绝不会出现啮齿动物，或者其它害虫。我敢向你保证。

3 . George Washington High School, about a mile and a half from our apartment, was one of the city's largest and best public schools.
乔治华盛顿中学离我家大约一英里半，是纽约市最大和最好的公立学校之一。

4 . Angela Ortega, 52, who rented a room in her first-floor apartment to German Cabrera, said he was quiet and respectful.
安吉拉，52岁，她把自己一楼公寓的一间房间租给了吉曼*卡布来拉。她说他是个安静，有礼貌的人。

5 . I then get a phone call from my boss telling me that he will transfer me to another workplace (closer to my old apartment).
然后我就接到了老板的电话，他说要把我调到另一个办公地点（那离我以前的公寓很近）。