squatting
[sk'wɒtɪŋ]
v.
像动物一样蹲下( squat的现在分词 );
非法擅自占用(土地或房屋);
为获得其所有权;
而占用某片公共用地。;
例句:
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You can't simply wander around squatting on other people's property.
你不能这样到处乱窜,擅自占用别人的地产。
来自柯林斯例句
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He was still squatting in the old tyre factory.
来自S. Townsend
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They earn their living by squatting the land and sharecropping.
他们靠擅自占用土地,按种地的收益分成为生。
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They ended up squatting in the empty houses on Oxford Road.
他们落得在牛津路偷住空房的境地。
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Leonard, squatting, had a smirk on his face.
来自NEWYORKER
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Squatting is energy-efficient and better for the back.
来自NEWYORKER