squatter

英 [ˈskwɒtə(r)]

美 [ˈskwɑːtər]

n.  擅自占用他人房子(或土地)的人
adj.  矮而宽的; 矮胖的
squat的比较级

复数：squatters　

Collins.1 / BNC.15222 / COCA.14370

牛津词典

noun

• 擅自占用他人房子（或土地）的人
  a person who is living in a building or on land without permission and without paying rent

柯林斯词典

• 擅自占住空房者
  Asquatteris someone who lives in an unused building without having a legal right to do so and without paying any rent or any property tax.
• N-COUNT 擅自占用空地者
  Asquatteris someone who occupies unused land, either to farm it or to build a house on it, without having a legal right to do so.
  1. When they returned to Tuol Sakor, they found all the best land taken by squatters.
     当回到图尔沙科尔时，他们发现那些最好的土地全都被人侵占了。

英英释义

noun

• someone who settles on land without right or title
• someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it
  Synonym:homesteadernester

双语例句

• Of course, for many of those living in squatter settlements, even low-cost homes such as those being developed by Tata are beyond their financial reach.
  当然，对于许多生活在窝棚区的人来说，即使是塔塔正在开发的此类低价住房也超出了他们的经济承受能力。
• AGGG Advisory Group on Improvement of Slum and Squatter Settlements
  改善贫民区和棚户区咨询小组
• The urban poor increasingly serious problem of housing, slum and squatter settlements is in large numbers, which have seriously affected the normal urban socioeconomic development.
  城市平民的住房问题日益严峻，贫民窟和棚户区更是大量涌现。
• Housing demand varies according to economic conditions and population fluctuations, as well as policy decisions which may create housing needs ( for example, the pace of squatter clearance).
  房屋需求会因经济状况、人口变动和政策决定而改变（例如清拆旧屋的速度）。
• De Vries found Afrikaners begging at traffic lights, and living as vagabonds in squatter camps.
  在南非，德弗里斯见到了在交通灯前乞讨的阿非利卡人，无家可归、住在棚户区的阿非利卡人。
• The facilities of the old town left incomplete, poor quality housing that is, squatter settlements, has brought very serious negative effects to urban development.
  旧城区遗留的设施不全、质量较差的房屋，即棚户区，对城市发展带来很严重的负面影响。
• A study on social assessment of the squatter settlement rebuilding project by fuzzy assessment mode
  棚户区改造工程社会评价方法研究&基于模糊综合评价方法
• Currently, indemnificatory housing is mainly comprised of economically affordable housing, low-rent housing, house of "Two Limits", low-rent public housing and squatter settlements in Jiangsu.
  目前，经济适用房、廉租房、两限房、公租房和棚户区危旧房改造等形式构成了江苏省保障性住房供应体系主体。
• For a fleeting moment, I wondered if someone had moved in, a squatter of some kind, and this was now his place, the price we paid for ignoring it for so long.
  转瞬之间，我已经在思量，是不是有人已经搬进来了，某个非法的占居者，现在这房子成了他的地盘，这也是我们如此久忽视老屋而要付出的代价。
• Study on Project Financing Mode of Squatter Settlement Rebuilding in Jinan City
  济南市棚户区改造项目融资模式研究