condominium
/ˌkɒndəˈmɪnɪəm/noun
(pl. condominiums)
1
- mass noun the joint control of a state's affairs by other states（国际）共管; （国际）共同管辖权。
1.1
- count noun a state so governed受到（国际）共管的国家。
2
- N. Amer. a building or complex of buildings containing a number of individually owned flats (apartments) or houses〈北美〉（个人）产权公寓楼。
2.1
- each of the individual flats or houses in such a building（个人产权公寓楼中的）一套公寓。
2.2
- mass noun the system of ownership by which these operate, in which owners have full title to the individual flat or house and an undivided interest in the shared parts of the property公寓私有共有制度（即所属房产为私有, 公用场地为共有）。
词源
early 18th cent.: modern Latin， from con- 'together with'+dominium 'right of ownership' （see DOMINION）. Sense 2 dates from the 1960s.