stay/dwell/inhabit/live/reside/settle.导航词义：居住

1. stay:v. 留宿，暂住.指到访或作客时短期居住。

If you ever visit Moscow, you must come and stay with us.

你要是到莫斯科来，一定要到我们这里住住。

She told her husband not to wait up for her. She might stay the night with her aunt.

她告诉丈夫不要熬夜等她，她可能在她姑妈家过夜。

2. dwell:v. 居住，栖身.指在某一地方居住。

For ten years, she dwelt in the forest.

她在森林里生活了10年。

My parents dwell on the border of our country.

我的父母住在边疆。

3. inhabit:v. 居住于（某地）.指人或动植物生活在某个地区，并已适应该地区的特殊环境。

Fish inhabit the sea.

鱼栖息于海中。

They inhabit the tropical forests.

他们居住在热带森林中。

Over 100 species of plants inhabit the woods.

这片树林里生长着上百种植物。

4. live:v. 居住.最普通用词，指人在某处生活或动植物在某地生长，时间可长可短。

I have been living here since my childhood.

我打小就一直住在这里。

The Norwegians live in a comparatively cold zone.

挪威人生活在比较寒冷的地区。

These birds live on the island.

这些鸟生活在这座岛上。

5. reside:v. 居住，定居.指在某处居住，含合法、长久之意。

Do you still reside at Elm Road?

你还住在埃尔姆路吗?

I plan to reside in Salt Lake City.

我打算在盐湖城定居。

You shall only reside at an address approved by your supervising officer.

你必须只在监管人员认可的地址居住。

6. settle:v. 定居.指开始在某一国家、地区或城镇生活，通常不接具体的住所。

They got married and settled near New York.

他们婚后定居在纽约附近。

He hoped to settle in this country.

他希望在这个国家定居下来。

After working abroad for years, he wants to settle in Vienna.

在国外工作多年后，他决定在维也纳定居下来。

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1·I'd rather not dwell on the past, he told me.

“我宁愿不多想过去，”他告诉我。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·I shut out the memory which was too painful to dwell on.

我不让自己去回忆那段会引起我太多痛苦的往事。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·So you made a mistake, but there's no need to dwell on it.

你是错了，不过不必老是想着这事儿。《牛津词典》

4·Her mind sheered away from images she did not wish to dwell on.

她有意不去想那些她不愿多想的事情。《牛津词典》

5·Human brains tend to dwell on negative events.

人类的大脑倾向于专注负面事件。

6·It tends to dwell upon their joyous experiences.

它倾向于仔细思考他们愉悦的经历。

7·This is because the human brain is biased to dwell on negative events.

这是因为人类的大脑偏向于记着负面事件。

8·The more we dwell on negative emotions, the more negative we begin to feel.

我们越是沉湎于负面情绪，我们就越是感到消极。

9·A great number of water fowls dwell on the island.

许多水鸟在岛上栖息。《新英汉大辞典》

10·But will God really dwell on earth?

神果真住在地上吗？

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1·At any rate, most of the places where people prefer to dwell are paved.

至少大部分人类喜爱居住的地方都是铺起来的。

2·They tend to dwell deep in the forest.

它们居住在森林深处。

3·And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.

你们与我们同住吧。这地都在你们面前，只管在此居住，作买卖，置产业。

4·I dwell in a lonely house I know.

我居住在一座孤零零的房屋。

5·And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

26：5你们打粮食要打到摘葡萄的时候，摘葡萄要摘到撒种的时候，并且要吃得饱足，在你们的地上安然居住。

(1)dwell on详述；细想

(1)dwell time保压时间；停延时间

(1)dwell upon深思；细想；仔细想