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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- estate
[ɪs'teɪt]
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1.
noun
[c]
(land) 庄园
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2.
noun
[BRIT]
(also: housing estate) 住宅区
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3.
noun
[法]
(money and property) 遗产
Collins English-English Dictionary
- estate
[ɪ'steɪt]
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1.
n
a large piece of landed property, esp in the country
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2.
n
estate of the realm an order or class of persons in a political community, regarded collectively as a part of the body politic: usually regarded as being the lords temporal (peers), lords spiritual, and commons - See also States General fourth estate
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3.
n
[chiefly Brit]
a large area of property development, esp of new houses or (trading estate) of factories
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4.
n
[property law]
property or possessions
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5.
n
the nature of interest that a person has in land or other property, esp in relation to the right of others
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6.
n
the total extent of the real and personal property of a deceased person or bankrupt
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7.
n
state, period, or position in life, esp with regard to wealth or social standing
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youth's estate
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a poor man's estate
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8.
n
[Etymology]
C13: from Old French estat, from Latin status condition, state
Examples
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The estate was divided among the relatives.
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这笔遗产在亲属中分配。
→ among
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The estate descended to the rephew.
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遗产遗传给侄子。
→ descend
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to restore the theater to its former estate
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把戏院恢复到以前的状况
→ estate
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to come to man's estate
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(男子)成年
→ estate
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a landed estate
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地产
→ landed
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lands pertaining to an estate
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属于某种植园的土地
→ pertain
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to sell real estate
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经营不动产
→ sell
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an unsettled estate
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未处理的产业
→ unsettled
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the whole of the estate
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全部资产
→ whole
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The estate falls to the son.
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遗产将由儿子继承。
→ fall
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