dwell, reside, live, lodge, inhabit, settle
这些动词均有“居住、定居”之意。
dwell : 文学上的用词,口语中通常用live代替。
Those two men are dwelling with us.(那两个人跟我们住在一起。)
reside : 书面用词,指合法的永久性居住,也指在豪华的住宅里居住。
They reside abroad.(他们居住在国外。)
live : 最普通用词,指固定的居住,可以是长期的,也可以是临时的。
She lives about ten miles from my house.(她的住处离我家约十英里远。)
lodge : 指短时间或临时住宿。
She seldom lodged the tourists.(她很少留宿游人。)
inhabit : 强调人或动物居住在某个地区并已适应某种特殊环境。
Woodpeckers inhabit hollow trees.(啄木鸟栖息在中空的树中。)
settle : 侧重指某人定居于城市、国家或地区,而不指居住的住所。
Their ancestry settled the land in 1856.(他们的祖辈1856年在这块土地上定居下来。)
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