| 释义 |
multi-occuˈpation
[multi- 2.]
Occupation of a house by more than one family, with shared kitchen or sanitary facilities. Hence multi-ˈoccupy v. trans., to tenant (a house) with more than one family with such shared facilities; to place (tenants) in such a house; multi-ˈoccupied ppl. a. Cf. multiple occupancy, occupation (s.v. multiple a. 2 c).
1963Guardian 30 Mar. 2/2 A graduated percentage addition to the rateable value of houses in multi-occupation. 1965Ibid. 3 Sept. 20/8 For every house multi-occupied by Pakistanis..there are many more multi-occupied by Irish. 1967Economist 14 Oct. 177/1 Improvement grants are not available for multi-occupied houses. 1970Guardian 31 July 9/1 The borough council is..planning to multi-occupy its emergency homeless in..a tenement building built in 1878. 1972Ibid. 26 June 7/3 If families are evicted from multi-occupation property, they tend to move to the next street. 1973C. Mullard Black Brit. xiii. 164 There is still no national code in existence. If there were, multi-occupation and other housing problems would be non-issues. |