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单词 low-rent
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Definition of low-rent in English:

low-rent

adjective
  • 1(of a property) costing relatively little to rent.

    (房地产)租金低的

    a low-rent apartment

    一套廉租公寓。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A trial low-rent apartment programme has been expanded to eight districts to improve the living conditions of poor local families.
    • In conformity with the provisions of the Act, the Government has made large sums of money available for the purpose of clearing slums and erecting low-rent dwellings.
    • Fleeing his broken relationship, Mitch moves into a low-rent house on the outskirts of nearby Harrison University.
    • Thomas and his accomplices empty the bags, which end of being full of rats, in the hallway of a low-rent apartment building.
    • The Housing Authority, the city's biggest landlord, provides low-rent housing subsidized by the federal government to poor and moderate-income families.
    • Renters who are allowed to sublease their low-rent apartments can profit from the high cost of housing in the San Francisco area.
    • It continues to use the citadel for band practices and Saturday night variety shows, and maintains some 20 low-rent flats there.
    • The resettlement agencies often help refugees find apartments near each other, sometimes so they can live close to the agency, other times because many low-rent apartments are available.
    • But with 29 low-rent housing units above them, they would need to evict individuals already in precarious financial situations in order to expand.
    • Non-profit, low-rent public housing programs now appear to be reasonably certain of development - housing projects developed by public authorities, on publicly owned land, with the aid of public funds.
    • The council now wants local estate owners to make more land available to local people who want to build new homes or provide more low-rent accommodation.
    • New York lost more than half of its low-rent apartments, or 500,000 units, in the 1990s.
    • As their existing low-rent accommodation closes the only alternative is the street.
    • When our landlord sold our low-rent apartment building and I couldn't find an alternative that fit our combined incomes, I decided to return to trucking.
    • Although the new development will not include low-rent units, he said that it will be affordable compared to buying a house, since a down payment is not needed.
    • Instead of cosy, low-rent substitute houses in old neighbourhoods, there were high-rise apartment buildings.
    • He made the same proviso, and said there was a definite need for low-rent properties.
    • It also provides for a special vacancy allowance for low-rent apartments, ensuring that these apartments get more than a 20 percent hike upon vacancy.
    • Within sight of us today, there stands a tribute to useful work under Government supervision - the first slum clearance and low-rent housing project.
    • The changes began slowly, when art galleries priced out of SoHo eyed the lofty, low-rent spaces further west.
    1. 1.1informal Having little prestige; inferior or shoddy.
      〈非正式〉无影响力的;劣质的
      low-rent reality shows

      劣质的真人秀节目。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Away from this festival, beer is drunk but considered low-rent; whisky is the chic option.
      • It borrows heavily and outrageously from other media, but not in a low-rent or vulgar way.
      • You feel like a low-rent stockbroker, playing the angles and leveraging against the back end.
      • And yet this low-rent logic remains, in the public mind, largely unassailable, because nobody - certainly not with any concerted attention - has assailed it.
      • Neither he nor his father can be impressed by the fact that the paper's front page has latterly become a low-rent gazette chronicling the marital travails of minor celebrities.
      • A friend of mine once announced defiantly that she actually doesn't like theatre because to her it's just low-rent cinema.
      • But actually it has been a gradual evolution: the tacky, low-rent qualities are still there, just employed to greater purpose.
      • As such, the seriousness of the conflicted family situation is completely undermined by one-dimensional walking gags that wouldn't qualify for low-rent sitcom duty.
      • Speaking of music, it's remarkably atmospheric and stylish for such a low-rent thriller.
      • Just leave me alone, and keep your low-rent, cut-price gifts to yourself in future.
      • The story, such as it is, is low-rent - not one plot point comes off as original or very interesting.
      • Quite frankly, I would have loved to see a self-consciously low-rent c-movie.
      • And what will replace low-rent reality shows as the dominant force on television?
      • Some have sought it not in the low-rent end of the film industry but in art, where at least the production values will be high.
      • So it's hardly surprising to discover that its fans are given to frequent outbursts of low-rent theorizing.
      • But what else could I expect from a bunch of low-rent, no-account hoodlums like you?
      • She says I should stop wasting my time entertaining low-rent celebs and should stick to reading improving books.
      • However for the last forty-odd years they have inexplicably kept on singing semi-amusing songs in low-rent nightclubs and entertaining old ladies at the seaside.
      • And why would low-rent criminals allegedly turn to full-force terrorism?
      • Ship designs lack much in the way of detail and the various effects used for phaser fire, explosions, and the like all look extremely low-rent.

Definition of low-rent in US English:

low-rent

adjective
  • 1(of a property) costing relatively little to rent.

    (房地产)租金低的

    a low-rent apartment

    一套廉租公寓。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Housing Authority, the city's biggest landlord, provides low-rent housing subsidized by the federal government to poor and moderate-income families.
    • It continues to use the citadel for band practices and Saturday night variety shows, and maintains some 20 low-rent flats there.
    • Thomas and his accomplices empty the bags, which end of being full of rats, in the hallway of a low-rent apartment building.
    • Non-profit, low-rent public housing programs now appear to be reasonably certain of development - housing projects developed by public authorities, on publicly owned land, with the aid of public funds.
    • He made the same proviso, and said there was a definite need for low-rent properties.
    • When our landlord sold our low-rent apartment building and I couldn't find an alternative that fit our combined incomes, I decided to return to trucking.
    • In conformity with the provisions of the Act, the Government has made large sums of money available for the purpose of clearing slums and erecting low-rent dwellings.
    • The council now wants local estate owners to make more land available to local people who want to build new homes or provide more low-rent accommodation.
    • As their existing low-rent accommodation closes the only alternative is the street.
    • The changes began slowly, when art galleries priced out of SoHo eyed the lofty, low-rent spaces further west.
    • Fleeing his broken relationship, Mitch moves into a low-rent house on the outskirts of nearby Harrison University.
    • Instead of cosy, low-rent substitute houses in old neighbourhoods, there were high-rise apartment buildings.
    • Although the new development will not include low-rent units, he said that it will be affordable compared to buying a house, since a down payment is not needed.
    • New York lost more than half of its low-rent apartments, or 500,000 units, in the 1990s.
    • But with 29 low-rent housing units above them, they would need to evict individuals already in precarious financial situations in order to expand.
    • The resettlement agencies often help refugees find apartments near each other, sometimes so they can live close to the agency, other times because many low-rent apartments are available.
    • A trial low-rent apartment programme has been expanded to eight districts to improve the living conditions of poor local families.
    • Renters who are allowed to sublease their low-rent apartments can profit from the high cost of housing in the San Francisco area.
    • It also provides for a special vacancy allowance for low-rent apartments, ensuring that these apartments get more than a 20 percent hike upon vacancy.
    • Within sight of us today, there stands a tribute to useful work under Government supervision - the first slum clearance and low-rent housing project.
    1. 1.1informal Having little prestige; inferior or shoddy.
      〈非正式〉无影响力的;劣质的
      low-rent reality shows

      劣质的真人秀节目。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • However for the last forty-odd years they have inexplicably kept on singing semi-amusing songs in low-rent nightclubs and entertaining old ladies at the seaside.
      • Just leave me alone, and keep your low-rent, cut-price gifts to yourself in future.
      • She says I should stop wasting my time entertaining low-rent celebs and should stick to reading improving books.
      • Quite frankly, I would have loved to see a self-consciously low-rent c-movie.
      • It borrows heavily and outrageously from other media, but not in a low-rent or vulgar way.
      • And what will replace low-rent reality shows as the dominant force on television?
      • So it's hardly surprising to discover that its fans are given to frequent outbursts of low-rent theorizing.
      • And why would low-rent criminals allegedly turn to full-force terrorism?
      • Ship designs lack much in the way of detail and the various effects used for phaser fire, explosions, and the like all look extremely low-rent.
      • As such, the seriousness of the conflicted family situation is completely undermined by one-dimensional walking gags that wouldn't qualify for low-rent sitcom duty.
      • Away from this festival, beer is drunk but considered low-rent; whisky is the chic option.
      • Neither he nor his father can be impressed by the fact that the paper's front page has latterly become a low-rent gazette chronicling the marital travails of minor celebrities.
      • Speaking of music, it's remarkably atmospheric and stylish for such a low-rent thriller.
      • A friend of mine once announced defiantly that she actually doesn't like theatre because to her it's just low-rent cinema.
      • The story, such as it is, is low-rent - not one plot point comes off as original or very interesting.
      • Some have sought it not in the low-rent end of the film industry but in art, where at least the production values will be high.
      • You feel like a low-rent stockbroker, playing the angles and leveraging against the back end.
      • And yet this low-rent logic remains, in the public mind, largely unassailable, because nobody - certainly not with any concerted attention - has assailed it.
      • But what else could I expect from a bunch of low-rent, no-account hoodlums like you?
      • But actually it has been a gradual evolution: the tacky, low-rent qualities are still there, just employed to greater purpose.
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