1formalHOME someone’s home – sometimes used humorously 住所〔有时为幽默用法〕
Welcome to my humble abode.
欢迎光临寒舍。
a homeless person with no fixed abode (=no permanent home)
居无定所的无家可归者
2.right of abodelaw the right to live in a country 居留权
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right of abode• This would have allowed the right of abode to all citizens in any part of the country.• The 1962 CommonwealthImmigrantsAct changed this, and only those born in Britain were henceforth automatically given the right of abode.• That is six times the number to be offered the right of abode in the government's package.
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abode• It was an abode of perfect blessedness.• Therefore a rabbit has no fixedabode.• The poets did not care to linger in that gloom-hidden abode.• The 1962 CommonwealthImmigrants Act changed this, and only those born in Britain were henceforth automatically given the right of abode.• It was in some contrast to Jansher's abode in nearby Peshawar, but Mehboob and his family were happy.• And, it causes icedams on a few unfortunateabodes.
no fixed abode• Therefore a rabbit has no fixed abode.• For life here is junkie, is hooker is single-parent, is no fixed abode.• Stephen Leach, 35, of no fixed abode, said nothing during the brief hearing before Liverpool magistrates.• Both were said to be of no fixed abode, although they originate from the Old Swandistrict of Liverpool.• I was of no fixed abode, but I'd finished my time so they still let me go.• Consider too the vulnerability of the homeless person with no fixed abode.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + ABODE | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤humble (humorous) 寒舍◇Welcome to my humble abode.歡迎光臨寒舍。VERB + ABODE➤take up your (formalorhumorous) 居住◇I had been invited to take up my abode at Government House.我曾獲邀下榻總督府。PHRASES➤of no fixed abode (= without a permanent address) (BrE, law法律) 無固定住所◇An 18-year-old man of no fixed abode appeared at Teesside magistrates court yesterday.一名居無定所的 18 歲男子昨天到蒂賽德治安法庭出庭。➤the right of abode (= the right to live in a place) (BrE, law法律) (在某地的)居住權