| 单词 | estate |
| 释义 | estate (once / 88 pages) 1n 2n The word estate is mostly used to mean a massive and fabulous house on a big piece of land. When you own an estate, it usually means you have a whole lot of money to go along with it. While an estate refers mostly to land and a house on it, it can also refer to all of a person’s possessions — and this sense of the word is often used after someone has died to refer to everything they are leaving behind. “You are set to inherit half of your grandfather’s estate, which includes his entire collection of stuffed raccoons.” In the past (and sometimes still) estate was also used to refer to someone’s state or condition, as well as his or her social standing. WORD FAMILYestate: estates USAGE EXAMPLESDespite the complaints, the Vatican agency that oversees its real estate holdings approved a lease, and the restaurant quietly opened last week without public protests. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) “They’ve been real estate developers and politicians. In my time, there’s never been an operating boss in charge of the M.T.A.” New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) AeroFarms chose Newark because of its convenient location and the relative cheapness of its real estate. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use the family owned a large estate on Long Island Syn|Hypo|Hyper acres, demesne, land, landed estate freehold an estate held in fee simple or for life glebeplot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office leaseholdland or property held under a lease smallholdinga piece of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivation homesteadland acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law feoff, fiefa piece of land held under the feudal system baronythe estate of a baron countryseatan estate in the country Crown landland that belongs to the Crown manorthe landed estate of a lord (including the house on it) seigneury, seigniory, signorythe estate of a seigneur haciendaa large estate in Spanish-speaking countries plantationan estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas) entailland received by fee tail orangerya place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler areas immovable, real estate, real property, realty property consisting of houses and land 2n everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities 2Hypo|Hyper gross estate the total valuation of the estate's assets at the time of the person's death net estatethe estate remaining after debts and funeral expenses and administrative expenses have been deducted from the gross estate; the estate then left to be distributed (and subject to federal and state inheritance taxes) estate for life, life estate(law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it jointure, legal jointure(law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower dowera life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband belongings, holding, property something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone n a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights Syn|Hypo|Hyper estate of the realm, the three estates Lords Spiritual, first estate the clergy in France and the heads of the church in Britain Lords Temporal, second estatethe nobility in France and the peerage in Britain Commons, third estatethe common people fourth estatethe press, including journalists, newspaper writers, photographers class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum people having the same social, economic, or educational status |
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