settle “定居”，指在某个国家、城市、地区长期“定居”。 也可说 settle down, 表示“定居”、“安定”、“安顿”的意思。
1）They settled in Canada last winter and nowlike living there.
去年冬天他们定居加拿大,现在都喜欢在这里居住。2）After years of travel, we decided to settlein London.
多年漂泊之后，我们决定在伦敦住下来。
3）The prospects of finding gold in Californiaattracted a lot of people to
settledown there.
加利福尼亚找到黄金的前景吸引了许多人在那儿定居。
4）It was after seriousconsideration that they decided to leave theirhometown
and settledown in Paris.
他们是在慎重的考虑以后才决定离开家乡在巴黎定居下来。
5）I’ve been moving around a lot in the past fewmonths, and I need a place
where I can settledown.
这几个月我一直搬来搬去，我需要一个真正可以安定下来的地方。
inhabit 指人或动物因习性或习惯居住在一起。inhabit多见用作及物动词，也可用
作不及物动词。
1）Before the arrival of the white men, Australia wasinhabited 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）Our country is a mult-national country, thewestern part of which is
inhabited by manyminorities.
我国是一个多民族国家，许多少数民族聚居于西部地区。
3）Today more than 6.6 billion people inhabitthe globe, according to theU.S.
CensusBrueau.
据美国人口调查局的统计数据显示,今天,超过六十六亿人“定居地球”。
4）Fishes and certain mammals, such as the whale andthe 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。
5）Only rare birds andanimals inhabit this remote island.
这个偏远的岛屿上只有一些珍禽异兽栖息在那里。
reside指固定居住在某一地方，尤指合法的永久性居住。其名词是 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 theirreservation 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）Bart and his wife Kerry reside in Calgary with their son and two daughters.
巴特和他的妻子克里与他们的儿子和两个女儿一起居住在卡尔加里。
4）Some 825,000 American Indians, descendants of North America's first
inhabitants, now reside in the United States.
目前有825000名印第安人——北美洲土著人的后裔，居住在美国。
5）He has submitted the application forpermanentresidence 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 todwell in the suburb, though they work in thedowntown.
许多人喜欢住在郊区,尽管他们在市中心工作。
3）Groups of gypsies still dwell in caves.
有些吉普赛人至今仍住在山洞里。
4）Whatever the cause, sea ice has been retreatingfarther to the north, making
life harderfor polar bears and other ice-dwellinganimals.
无论什么原因，海冰在向更北的方向消退，使得北极熊和其它以冰为生的动物存活更加
艰难。
lodge“暂住”、“借宿”、“投宿”，指短时间或临时住宿。
1）Are there any rooms to lodge us in, I wonder?
我想知道还有房间让我们借宿吗 ?2）We'll be very glad to board and lodge you.
我们将非常高兴供你们膳宿.
3）We lodged in asmall hotel on our trip.
旅途中我们住在一家小旅馆里。4）Shelodged with Mrs Higginswhen she first came to Cambridge.
第一次来到剑桥她寄宿在希金斯太太家里。
putup“供给……住宿”、“投宿”，口语用语，相当于 lodge的用法。
1）We put up at a small hotel just on the edgeof the town.
我们就在镇口上一家小旅馆住下。
2）The delegation will be put up in PeaceHetel at the bank of Huangpu River.
代表团将下榻于黄浦江畔的和平饭店。3）That night we put up in a peasant’shome.
那天晚上我们住在一个农民家里。
4）To your place, if you can put me upfor the night. I want to have a longtalk
withyou.如果你能留我住一夜，那我就去你那里。我正想跟你好好聊聊。
5）We shall be happy to put you up whenyou come to town next month.
你们下个月到城里时，我们很乐意为你们提供膳宿。
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