residence

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res·i·dence /ˈrezɪdəns/ AWL noun

1 [countableC] formal a house, especially a large or official one 住宅，住所；宅邸；官邸

the ambassador’s official residence

大使官邸

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2 [uncountableU] legal permission to live in a country for a certain period of time 〔在某国的〕居住权，居留许可 SYN residency

a residence permit

居留许可证

permanent/temporary residence

Jeff has permanent residence in Canada, but is still a US citizen.

杰夫有加拿大的永久居留权，但仍然是美国公民。

3 [uncountableU] formal the state of living in a place 居住；定居 SYN residency

Rome was his main place of residence.

罗马是他的主要居住地。

4. artist/writer etc in residence ABOan artist etc who has been officially chosen by a college or other institution to work there 〔大学或其他机构正式聘用的〕常驻艺术家/作家等

Examples from the Corpus

artist/writer etc in residence• Well, towards the end of 1990 I was appointed artist in residence at the Tate Gallery in Liverpool.• A trained psychiatric nurse, he is the current artist in residence at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital.

5 take up residence formalLIVE SOMEWHERE to start living in a place 开始居住

He took up residence in Chicago.

他开始在芝加哥定居。

Examples from the Corpus

take up residence• He was only a few weeks away from his ninetieth birthday when pneumonia again took up residence in his weary lungs.• In 1953 Diem took up residence at a monastery in Belgium.• One of them has taken up residence in a hut in Roche's garden.• The Dee at Chester was fishable but the only action was from 40 cormorants who have taken up residence above the weir.• The labs' distant agents are Kurds who have taken up residence in the West.• In 1951 he took up residence in Chicago.• In 1858 a wild rabbit takes up residence in the garden.• They take up residence in some numbers in marsh and swampland.• He's about to take up residence at Hertford College, Oxford.• He left the country in December to take up residence in Panama.

6 in residence

formalLIVE SOMEWHERE living in a place at a particular time 住在某地的

The emperor was in residence at his summer palace.

皇帝居住在避暑行宫。

Examples from the Corpus

residence• Joel needed a passport and a residence permit before he could move to the Bahamas.• The missions were not merely churches but entire working communities, with farms, blacksmiths, flour mills and residences.• One of the greatest residences that Wright designed is Hollyhock House.• In one week in the 1640s Hurstmonceux had nineteen visitors in residence, apart from others engaged in repair and building works.• I am meeting Enya and the Ryans somewhere near her carefully guarded Killiney residence on a silvery wet and foggy autumn day.• In addition to a salary, most governors received perquisites such as transportation and an official residence.• 10 Downing Street is the British Prime Minister's official residence.• They all went to Maeda's residence in Jakarta; he sent messages to the high command, but nobody turned up.• To that end, the carpeting in virtually all the residences is a bland beige -- making the homes easier to sell.• We first met at a cocktail party at the residence of the Russian ambassador.• John Major leaves the residence in defeat.

official residence• In addition to a salary, most governors received perquisites such as transportation and an official residence.• There was no need for an official residence for the Foreign Secretary.• There he had an official residence, but he continued to run his Whitechapel nursery, with another in London Fields.• He was to spend most of the next fourteen years in official residences.• The administration had now returned to its official residence, and the business of government was under way.• No departing presidential couple in history have ever left the official residence so bowed down with booty.

permanent/temporary residence• He remained temporarily in Paris and even considered permanent residence there.• Management of construction projects overseas usually entails temporary residence in another country.• Jeff has permanent residence in Canada, but as a U.S. citizen, he still has to file taxes with the IRS.• Police were not interested in her marriage certificate, her permit to leave home or her temporary residence card for Zhuhai.• While Edinburgh itself was growing in importance as a centre of government, the temporary residence was refashioned into a palace.• Bloody Gorgeous seems to have taken up permanent residence in her bed.• All those with permanent residence in the republic are to be allowed to vote in a 10 December poll.

place of residence• I have changed my place of residence twice in the last two weeks in preparation for upcoming activities.• Members of metalworking families were far more likely to change their place of residence than their trade.• Television programs are aimed at people according to their demographic characteristics rather than their place of residence.

From Longman Business Dictionary

residenceres·i·dence /ˈrezɪdəns/ noun formal

1[uncountableU] the fact of living in a particular place

Insurance companies use place of residence to calculate automobile insurance rates.

2[uncountableU] permission to live in a particular country permanently

an application forpermanent residence

3[countableC] formal a house where people live

Florida law protects personal residences against seizure in bankruptcy law.

→ primary residence

res·i·dence noun

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