tower block

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  • n.高层建筑；公寓大楼；办公大楼
  • Web高楼惊魂；塔楼；塔式大厦
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tower block
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1.
高层建筑；公寓大楼；办公大楼a very tall block of flats/apartments or offices

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1.
high-rise eg. Ann had lived in a cottage ever since she was born, and had no wish to move to a tower block.
安从她出生以来就一直住在农村小屋，她不想搬到高层大楼去住。
ān cóng tā chū shēng yǐ lái jiù yì zhí zhù zài nóng cūn xiǎo wū , tā bù xiǎng bān dào gāo céng dà lóu qù zhù 。
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2.
I've seen a lot of tower block windows in my life, but I've never seen that happening against one of them.
我这辈子看到的大楼玻璃窗户多了去了，可从来没见过这种场景。
wǒ zhè bèi zi kàn dào de dà lóu bō lí chuāng hù duō le qù le , kě cóng lái méi jiàn guò zhè zhǒng chǎng jǐng 。
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3.
Can I explain why I wanted to jump off the top of a tower block?
我能解释一下为何我想从塔楼顶端往下跳吗？
wǒ néng jiě shì yí xià wèi hé wǒ xiǎng cóng tǎ lóu dǐng duān wǎng xià tiào ma ?
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4.
Mass relocations to tower block Housing Development Board (HDB) flats saw the number of kampongs dwindle.
新加坡建屋发展局（HDB）建设了大量塔楼式公寓，让甘榜的居民迁入。
xīn jiā pō jiàn wū fā zhǎn jú ( HDB ) jiàn shè le dà liàng tǎ lóu shì gōng yù , ràng gān bǎng de jū mín qiān rù 。
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5.
His relatives and associates had taken flats in a new tower block that was supposedly set aside for veterans and war widows.
他的亲属和同僚霸占了一栋新建的塔式大楼的房屋，而这些房屋本来是为退伍军人和丈夫死于战争的孀居寡妇而预留的。
tā de qīn shǔ hé tóng liáo bà zhàn le yī dòng xīn jiàn de tǎ shì dà lóu de fáng wū , ér zhè xiē fáng wū běn lái shì wèi tuì wǔ jūn rén hé zhàng fu sǐ yú zhàn zhēng de shuāng jū guǎ fù ér yù liú de 。
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6.
Eight of the outgoing cables cross the roof and drop inside conduit in the corners of the tower block.
即将离任的电缆八横屋顶和内部在大楼的角落里，管道下降。
jí jiāng lí rèn de diàn lǎn bā héng wū dǐng hé nèi bù zài dà lóu de jiǎo luò lǐ , guǎn dào xià jiàng 。
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7.
Ann had lived in a cottage for sixty years, and had no wish to move toa tower block.
安在农村小屋已经住了六十年，她不想搬到楼房去祝
ān zài nóng cūn xiǎo wū yǐ jīng zhù le liù shí nián , tā bù xiǎng bān dào lóu fáng qù zhù
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8.
Sana al-Ar's family live in a light but sparsely furnished fifth-floor flat in a tower block in Shujaiya.
Sanaal-Ar家住在Shujaiya的一座塔式公寓的五层，人口轻受的损失也较小，家中还有家具。
Sanaal-Ar jiā zhù zài Shujaiya de yī zuò tǎ shì gōng yù de wǔ céng , rén kǒu qīng shòu de sǔn shī yě jiào xiǎo , jiā zhōng hái yǒu jiā jù 。
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9.
That tower block, which cost five million dollars to build, has been empty for five years.
那个塔楼空着已经5年了。建它花了500万美元。
nà ge tǎ lóu kōng zhe yǐ jīng wǔ nián le 。 jiàn tā huā le wǔ bǎi wàn měi yuán 。
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10.
Each floor of the tower block has four flats.
每块地板的塔有四个单位。
měi kuài dì bǎn de tǎ yǒu sì gè dān wèi 。
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