dwell

[dwel]
  • 释义
  • 居住;栖身;沉湎于,唠叨(尤指令人不快的事);

  • 词义辨析
  • dwell, live
  • 这两个词共同的意思是“居住”。它们的区别是:
    live是普通用语,常用于日常口语中;dwell是书面用语,一般用于文学作品中。dwell还有“仔细研究,详细论述”的意思。例如:
    When I was only three years old, my poor mother had to live in, cooking and washing for a rich lady.我才三岁的时候,我可怜的妈妈不得不住在一个阔太太的家里,给人家做饭、洗衣服。
    He dreamed that he dwelled in the heaven.他做梦住在天堂里。
    She dwelt at length upon the similarities of the two paintings.她详细地讲述了这两幅画的相似之处。
  • 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。
    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。
    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。
    lodge指短时间或临时住宿。
    inhabit强调人或动物居住在某个地区并已适应某种特殊环境。
    settle侧重指某人定居于城市、国家或地区,而不指居住的住所。
  • 双语例句
  • 1、

    Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

    耶和华阿, 谁能寄居你的帐幕. 能能住在你的圣山.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 2、

    A great number of water fowls dwell on the island.

    许多水鸟在岛上栖息.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 3、

    Let my mind dwell for rest and cuddle up.

    让我的心灵栖息,依偎.

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  • 4、

    Critics like to dwell on their expensive dinners and their cosy approval of one another.

    批评家们喜欢攻击他们在饮食上过于挥霍,彼此互相标榜.

    ——辞典例句
  • 5、

    His mind now tended continually to dwell on that.

    他这时心里就总是在这方面打转.

    ——辞典例句
  • 6、

    Cityscape and images of a shed on the artists who dwell there on their works.

    每个城市景观都会影响那些当地的艺术家的创作.

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  • 7、

    It's morbid to dwell on cemeteries and such like.

    不厌其烦地谈论墓地以及诸如此类的事是一种病态.

    《简明英汉词典》
  • 8、

    It would be superfluous to dwell on the matter any more.

    不待赘言.

    《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 9、

    Sometimes his mind would dwell on the horrors he had been through.

    有时他会老是想着他所经历过的种种恐怖.

    《简明英汉词典》
  • 10、

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

    我不再去回忆那些痛苦不堪的往事了。

    柯林斯例句
  • 11、

    Why do news programmers dwell on death and violence all the time?

    为什么新闻节目总是大谈死亡和暴力?

    ——期刊摘选
  • 12、

    Don't dwell on the past. Let bygone be bygone.

    不要对以前的事想太多. 过去的就让它过去吧.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 13、

    Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

    如此住在你殿中的,便为有福. 他们仍要赞美你.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 14、

    For what does it profit us to dwell on trivial matters?

    因为心烦琐碎小事于我们有何益处 呢 ?

    ——期刊摘选
  • 15、

    They are concerned for the fate of the forest and the Indians who dwell in it.

    他们为这片森林及居住于其中的印第安人的命运而担心。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 16、

    Pro 8:12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

    箴8:12我智慧以灵明为居所, 又寻得知识和谋略.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 17、

    Red Talons dwell in the deepest wilderness, away from the taint that humans bring.

    红色魔爪居住在荒野的最深处, 远离人类带来的污染.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 18、

    Her eyes dwell on him.

    她盯着看他.

    ——辞典例句
  • 19、

    He would dwell on the details of weaving but only as the substrate an ethical point.

    除非编织的衬底涉及到道德问题,否则他是不会去探寻编织的细节的.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 20、

    But I have no space to dwell upon those delightful years.

    可惜我没有时间来细细讲述这些美好的日子了.

    ——辞典例句
  • 21、

    They dwell in the country.

    他们居住在乡下.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 22、

    KJV Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

    [新译]愿他们的住处变为荒场; 愿他们的帐幕无人居住.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 23、

    Thus he was led to dwell upon friendship.

    于是他开始对友谊夸夸其谈.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 24、

    Bernard Shaw said: Man can climb to the highest summit, but he cannot dwell there long.

    萧伯纳说: 人可以爬到最高峰, 但他不能在那儿久住.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 25、

    Our little heaven, where dwell only we two immortals, is too absurdly narrow.

    只住着我们两个仙人的小天堂, 是狭小得太可笑了.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 26、

    Trust in the Lord and do good ; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

    3你当倚靠耶和华而 行善 ,住在地上,以他的信实为粮.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 27、

    She did not dwell on the details of the matter.

    她没有多讲事情的细节.

    ——辞典例句
  • 28、

    I'm still annoyed about it, but we won't dwell on that subject any longer.

    我仍然对那个主题感到恼火, 不过我们不会再详细讨论了.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 29、

    They dwell at unity with the natives.

    他们与当地人和睦地住在一起.

    ——期刊摘选
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