无风险投资组合收益率:英语词汇(147)settle、inhabit、reside、lodge、dwell

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英语词汇(147

 

   settleinhabitresidelodgedwell

 

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settle

inhabit

reside

lodge

dwell

 

        这组词都可表示“居住”的意思。

 

settle  “定居”,指在某个国家、城市、地区长期“定居”。

 

1) They settled in Canada last winter and now like living there.

            (去年冬天他们定居加拿大,现在都喜欢在这里居住。)

       2) The prospects of finding gold in California attracted a lot of people to settle down there.

         (加利福尼亚找到黄金的前景吸引了许多人在那儿定居。)

     

inhabit  指人或动物因习性或习惯居住在一起。

 

1) Before the arrival of the white men, Australia was inhabited solo by the aborigines.

           (在白人来到之前, 只有土著居民生活在澳大利亚。)

       2) Fishes and certain mammals, such as the whale and the dolphin, inhabit the ocean.

         (鱼类和某些哺乳动物,如海豚、鲸鱼等生活在海洋里。)

 

reside  指固定居住在某一地方, 名词是residence。

 

1) They reside in various boarding-houses near at hand.

          (他们在附近各种出租房子里居住。)

       2) A number of Indians still reside on their reservation in northern Florida.

          (许多印地安人仍然住在北弗罗里达州的保留区里。)

       3) He has submitted the application for permanent residence in Canada.

          (他已经递交了定居加拿大的申请。)

 

dwell   指居住,多用于书面语言,相当于live的意思。

      

1) They have been dwelling in Landon for more than twenty years.

          (他们一直住在兰登已有20多年了。)

2) Many people like to dwell in the suburb, though they work in the downtown.

           (许多人喜欢住在郊区,尽管他们在市中心工作。)