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quit-rent

英文词源


quit-rent (n.)
early 15c., "rent paid by a tenant in exchange for being discharged from required service;" also, "nominal rent as acknowledgment of tenure," from quit (adj.) + rent (n.).

双语例句


1. Well, parenthetically, I was trying to quit smoking at the time.
嗯,插一句,我那时正在努力戒烟。

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2. He quit his job as an office boy in Athens.
他辞去了在雅典当办公室勤杂工的工作。

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3. He did not quit as France's prime minister of his own accord.
他辞去法国总理职务并非出于自愿。

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4. She quit school as soon as she had taken her GCSEs.
她一拿到普通中等教育证书后就没再上学了。

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5. Police were called when he refused to quit the building.
他拒绝离开那座大楼,于是人们叫来了警察。

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