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单词 residence
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Definition of residence in English:

residence

noun ˈrɛzɪd(ə)nsˈrɛz(ə)dəns
  • 1A person's home, especially a large and impressive one.

    the youth hostel has been adapted from a private residence
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As well as being defensible strongholds and elite private residences, most castles were also the hubs of estates.
    • There's an imposing sandstone detached residence, in an exclusive cul-de-sac, with an extensive refurbishment completed.
    • Originally built as an artillery fort in the 1530s, it was converted to a private residence in the 1880s.
    • However, he and his wife built two of the grandest private residences in the country.
    • Number 31 is a three-bedroom Victorian residence situated in a quiet tree lined street of terraced houses.
    • They are there in case one day someone again wants to live in the house as a private residence and restore it to its original condition.
    • The four-bedroom detached residence was guided at £1.7 million.
    • A four-bedroom semi-detached residence in a quiet area is all someone with a family will be looking for.
    • For private residences the tax relief is at the standard rate of tax.
    • Last Tuesday, the railway station was broken into and there were attempted burglaries at two private residences in the area.
    • The building itself was built in 1607 as a private residence, but it was in use as an inn by 1775.
    • Large, permanent residences were built using durable white oak wall posts.
    • By 1941 he had built at least 37 buildings as well as numerous private residences.
    • Your principal private residence does not attract any capital gains tax and could provide useful cash.
    • The single storey residence covers 232 square metres and is in excellent decorative order throughout.
    • The most unusual touches, though, are decorative finials on the roofs of private residences.
    • The residence on three acres was bought by a couple from Dublin.
    • It was his private residence and he reportedly put it up for sale when he left in 1861.
    • "This is a superb country residence which has real character.
    • Residence in Canadian cities is generally private rather than communal, dominated by private homes or residences.
    Synonyms
    home, house, flat, apartment, place of residence, address, accommodation, place
    quarters, lodgings
    seat
    French pied à terre
    informal pad, digs
    formal dwelling, dwelling place, domicile, abode, habitation
    1. 1.1 The official home of a government minister or other public or official figure.
      the palace was designated the official residence of the head of state
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The academicians arrived at the governor's residence and found him in his dressing gown.
      • Across the country, flags over public buildings and royal residences were flying at half-mast.
      • The men stood on the landing pad that serviced the colonial governor's residence.
      • The embassy and the ambassador's residence came under siege by right and left alike.
      • All of my meals were provided by the headquarters and I lived in an official residence.
      • In front of the official residence of the Japanese ambassador, the police closed the road off.
      • Meanwhile, I shall board a shuttle shortly to visit the governor's residence.
      • We, the contestants went to the prime minister's official residence to meet with him.
      • After the Partition, it was the official residence of the British Deputy High Commissioner.
      • After the congress was closed, officials said he had returned to his official residence.
      • "This is in no way an attack on the chief minister's residence.
      • We did the interview from the Naval Observatory near the vice president's residence.
      • It is not paid to ministers with an official residence in London.
      • The castle is now the official residence of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
      • Later, it became the official residence of collectors of the district.
      • As Park View was considered inauspicious by many and it was dropped from the list of official residences of the Ministers.
      • "But, there is also the issue of the ambassador's residence.
      • Needless to say, none of these problems were afflicting the president's residence.
      • Work will also be done to help separate the private and public areas of the archbishop's official residence.
      • It will be sold on when the Archbishop moves back into his official residence.
    2. 1.2mass noun The fact of living in a particular place.
      Rome was his main place of residence
      she took up residence in Paris
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Members pay a yearly fee on a sliding scale, depending on age, occupation, and residence.
      • Nevertheless, residence is something which has to be established on the facts of a particular case.
      • As mentioned, the parties filed an agreed statement of facts as to the children's residence and expenses.
      • I don't know if this is just specific to my little area of residence or if it's celebrated the world over.
      • Because of their status they were allowed to apply for Irish citizenship after three-year residence.
      • The issue of loss of residence was balanced by the fact that they would create at least 15 jobs through the venture.
      • Now, that depended on a finding of fact about his nationality or a finding of fact about a right to residence in another country.
      • They will be eligible to permanent residence after living five years in South Korea.
      • He cannot be required to show a driver's license or any other evidence of his identity or residence.
      • That would be inconsistent with his second point that habitual residence is a question of fact.
      • A UK resident can rely on main residence relief to avoid capital gains tax.
      • Domicile combines the fact of residence with the intention of not moving in future.
      • The couple established residence in a grand home with a view of the harbor.
      • Like others in the building he was not a recent arrival in France - most of the inhabitants had residence permits and jobs.
      • Just the week before another boy just like these two, another war orphan, was granted permanent residence.
      Synonyms
      occupancy, habitation, residency, inhabitation, tenancy, stay
      formal abode, sojourn
      rare inhabitancy, inhabitance, domiciliation, habitancy

Phrases

  • in residence

    • 1Living in a particular place.

      the guests currently in residence at the hotel
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It used to be that if someone wanted to stay in residence for more than two years, they had to participate in the campus community.
      • Nick and Susan enjoyed the Diwali celebrations in Jaipur and spent her birthday last November staying in a royal palace with the maharajah in residence.
      • It will take at least two years for the closure of the hospital with a number of patients remaining in residence during this time.
      • The hotel says guest teas will stay in residence for a month and they say that subsequent delights will include Oolong Black Dragon and Jasmine Monkey King.
      • The Waddington family remained in residence until John Waddington died without heirs in 1935.
      • Students remaining in residence for the spring semester will see the remaining fall balance deducted from their spring charges.
      • The committee members heard that it would take at least two years to close the hospital and that some patients would remain in residence over the next 24 months.
      • However, space will be set aside for upper year students who would like to stay in residence following their first year.
      • Though I didn't expect that it would always remain that way while I was still in residence here.
      • With his own family, including his two-and-a-half year-old son in residence during his four month stay in the town, Billy is enjoying the seaside atmosphere.
      Synonyms
      living, residing, in residence, staying, remaining
      1. 1.1A person with a particular occupation (especially an artist or writer) paid to work in a college or other institution.
        he is the current artist in residence at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital
        Example sentencesExamples
        • Each night there was a slide presentation and discussion from each of the teachers, artists in residence, and visiting artists.
        • This is Harcourt's second year of having an artist in residence.
        • In the same year he was writer in residence in Trinity College, Dublin.
        • We regularly enjoy the expertise of an artist in residence; this year the girls have been involved in the creation of a willow sculpture outside the Music School.
        • An artist in residence at DHS takes a hard look at the agency.
        • An artist in residence will help the children to create an art-form from reusable materials in the Botanic Gardens.
        • For the rest of the year, it will function as a jazz bar and will also be available for hire to hold exhibitions, workshops, for artists in residence and so on.
        • We have had an artist in residence, drama, dance and also held out-of-school activities.
        • It now has its own exhibition space, library, recording studio, computer lab, darkroom and bedrooms for artists in residence.
        • The Trust now holds regular readings of Wordsworth's works, using actors, and employs writers and artists in residence to breathe life into the poet's legacy.

Origin

Late Middle English (denoting the fact of living in a place): from Old French, or from medieval Latin residentia, from Latin residere 'remain' (see reside).

 
 

Definition of residence in US English:

residence

nounˈrɛz(ə)dənsˈrez(ə)dəns
  • 1A person's home; the place where someone lives.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Number 31 is a three-bedroom Victorian residence situated in a quiet tree lined street of terraced houses.
    • However, he and his wife built two of the grandest private residences in the country.
    • Your principal private residence does not attract any capital gains tax and could provide useful cash.
    • "This is a superb country residence which has real character.
    • The building itself was built in 1607 as a private residence, but it was in use as an inn by 1775.
    • Last Tuesday, the railway station was broken into and there were attempted burglaries at two private residences in the area.
    • By 1941 he had built at least 37 buildings as well as numerous private residences.
    • The single storey residence covers 232 square metres and is in excellent decorative order throughout.
    • The residence on three acres was bought by a couple from Dublin.
    • As well as being defensible strongholds and elite private residences, most castles were also the hubs of estates.
    • They are there in case one day someone again wants to live in the house as a private residence and restore it to its original condition.
    • Large, permanent residences were built using durable white oak wall posts.
    • There's an imposing sandstone detached residence, in an exclusive cul-de-sac, with an extensive refurbishment completed.
    • The four-bedroom detached residence was guided at £1.7 million.
    • Residence in Canadian cities is generally private rather than communal, dominated by private homes or residences.
    • The most unusual touches, though, are decorative finials on the roofs of private residences.
    • For private residences the tax relief is at the standard rate of tax.
    • It was his private residence and he reportedly put it up for sale when he left in 1861.
    • Originally built as an artillery fort in the 1530s, it was converted to a private residence in the 1880s.
    • A four-bedroom semi-detached residence in a quiet area is all someone with a family will be looking for.
    Synonyms
    home, house, flat, apartment, place of residence, address, accommodation, place
    1. 1.1 The official house of a government minister or other public and official figure.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • After the congress was closed, officials said he had returned to his official residence.
      • After the Partition, it was the official residence of the British Deputy High Commissioner.
      • The academicians arrived at the governor's residence and found him in his dressing gown.
      • Needless to say, none of these problems were afflicting the president's residence.
      • We did the interview from the Naval Observatory near the vice president's residence.
      • "But, there is also the issue of the ambassador's residence.
      • It is not paid to ministers with an official residence in London.
      • As Park View was considered inauspicious by many and it was dropped from the list of official residences of the Ministers.
      • We, the contestants went to the prime minister's official residence to meet with him.
      • The castle is now the official residence of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
      • Work will also be done to help separate the private and public areas of the archbishop's official residence.
      • In front of the official residence of the Japanese ambassador, the police closed the road off.
      • The embassy and the ambassador's residence came under siege by right and left alike.
      • Later, it became the official residence of collectors of the district.
      • It will be sold on when the Archbishop moves back into his official residence.
      • All of my meals were provided by the headquarters and I lived in an official residence.
      • "This is in no way an attack on the chief minister's residence.
      • The men stood on the landing pad that serviced the colonial governor's residence.
      • Meanwhile, I shall board a shuttle shortly to visit the governor's residence.
      • Across the country, flags over public buildings and royal residences were flying at half-mast.
    2. 1.2 The fact of living in a particular place.
      Rome was his main place of residence
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A UK resident can rely on main residence relief to avoid capital gains tax.
      • The issue of loss of residence was balanced by the fact that they would create at least 15 jobs through the venture.
      • The couple established residence in a grand home with a view of the harbor.
      • They will be eligible to permanent residence after living five years in South Korea.
      • Domicile combines the fact of residence with the intention of not moving in future.
      • That would be inconsistent with his second point that habitual residence is a question of fact.
      • He cannot be required to show a driver's license or any other evidence of his identity or residence.
      • Just the week before another boy just like these two, another war orphan, was granted permanent residence.
      • Members pay a yearly fee on a sliding scale, depending on age, occupation, and residence.
      • Like others in the building he was not a recent arrival in France - most of the inhabitants had residence permits and jobs.
      • As mentioned, the parties filed an agreed statement of facts as to the children's residence and expenses.
      • Because of their status they were allowed to apply for Irish citizenship after three-year residence.
      • Nevertheless, residence is something which has to be established on the facts of a particular case.
      • I don't know if this is just specific to my little area of residence or if it's celebrated the world over.
      • Now, that depended on a finding of fact about his nationality or a finding of fact about a right to residence in another country.
      Synonyms
      occupancy, habitation, residency, inhabitation, tenancy, stay

Phrases

  • in residence

    • 1Living in or occupying a particular place.

      the guests in residence at the hotel
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Nick and Susan enjoyed the Diwali celebrations in Jaipur and spent her birthday last November staying in a royal palace with the maharajah in residence.
      • Students remaining in residence for the spring semester will see the remaining fall balance deducted from their spring charges.
      • The committee members heard that it would take at least two years to close the hospital and that some patients would remain in residence over the next 24 months.
      • However, space will be set aside for upper year students who would like to stay in residence following their first year.
      • With his own family, including his two-and-a-half year-old son in residence during his four month stay in the town, Billy is enjoying the seaside atmosphere.
      • The Waddington family remained in residence until John Waddington died without heirs in 1935.
      • Though I didn't expect that it would always remain that way while I was still in residence here.
      • The hotel says guest teas will stay in residence for a month and they say that subsequent delights will include Oolong Black Dragon and Jasmine Monkey King.
      • It used to be that if someone wanted to stay in residence for more than two years, they had to participate in the campus community.
      • It will take at least two years for the closure of the hospital with a number of patients remaining in residence during this time.
      Synonyms
      living, residing, in residence, staying, remaining
      1. 1.1A person with a particular occupation (especially an artist or writer) paid to work in a college or other institution.
        Example sentencesExamples
        • It now has its own exhibition space, library, recording studio, computer lab, darkroom and bedrooms for artists in residence.
        • An artist in residence at DHS takes a hard look at the agency.
        • This is Harcourt's second year of having an artist in residence.
        • We have had an artist in residence, drama, dance and also held out-of-school activities.
        • The Trust now holds regular readings of Wordsworth's works, using actors, and employs writers and artists in residence to breathe life into the poet's legacy.
        • We regularly enjoy the expertise of an artist in residence; this year the girls have been involved in the creation of a willow sculpture outside the Music School.
        • For the rest of the year, it will function as a jazz bar and will also be available for hire to hold exhibitions, workshops, for artists in residence and so on.
        • An artist in residence will help the children to create an art-form from reusable materials in the Botanic Gardens.
        • In the same year he was writer in residence in Trinity College, Dublin.
        • Each night there was a slide presentation and discussion from each of the teachers, artists in residence, and visiting artists.
  • take up residence

    • Start living in a particular place.

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Much of the first part of the novel details the adjustments and humiliations the family endures as they take up residence in the United States.
      • John took up residence in Paris and immersed himself in a French surrealism that was to determine the very nature of the New York school.
      • Sarah took up residence in the guesthouse during her engagement.
      • I took up residence here and spent a lot of time with him.
      • The couple evidently redecorated when they took up residence, judging by furnishings and wallpaper dating from this period.
      • He took up residence in a hotel for the next three days.
      • Exiled in 1946, after the assassination of his father, Boris III in 1943, he took up residence in Spain.
      • I took up residence in Rumford, where I wrote for the theatre there.
      • Tired of fortune hunters, they took up residence at the estate they called Rosewood and seemed to be content to live a life of seclusion there.
      • Today the council wants to build a shopping mall next to the museum, and knock down Burton Croft - as soon as the squatters who recently took up residence there have been evicted.

Origin

Late Middle English (denoting the fact of living in a place): from Old French, or from medieval Latin residentia, from Latin residere ‘remain’ (see reside).

 
 
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