通过前面的单词辨析：Forthright和direct, freehearted, honest的区别，相信大家对这几个单词的认识也更加清楚了，在纽约时报双语阅读：为什么日本保守派不愿承认慰安妇问题，我们学了单词“dwell”是“居住, 住”的意思，我们来认识一下它的同义词同胞们：reside,live,lodge,inhabit,settle的区别。
相同之处
当动词用时，这些单词都有“居住、定居”的意思。文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-words-dwell-reside-live.html
不同之处
- 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。
我们通过不同的例子来看看：文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-words-dwell-reside-live.html
dwell
- vi. 居住, 住
来看一个来自洛杉矶时报的例子：文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-words-dwell-reside-live.html
- One benefit of having so much youth, Kelly said, is that the players don’t dwell on defeats and are constantly looking ahead to their next game.— Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, "UCLA’s struggles will be a national spectacle against Oklahoma," 13 Sep. 2019
- 凯利说，拥有这么多年轻球员的一个好处是，球员们不会沉湎于失败，而是不断地展望自己的下一场比赛。
reside
- vi. 居住; 定居
来看一个来自国家地理杂志的例子：文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-words-dwell-reside-live.html
- For the best part of a century, they have felt sickened as people defecated on, stripped naked on, and drove golf balls off this spot where Aboriginals believe that the spirits of ancestral beings continue to reside.— National Geographic, "Why Australia is banning climbers from this iconic natural landmark," 15 Sep. 2019
- 在一个世纪的大部分时间里，当人们大便、脱光衣服、把高尔夫球从土著人认为祖先的灵魂继续居住的地方赶走时，他们感到恶心。
live
- vt. 经历；度过
来看一个来自今日美国的例子：文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-words-dwell-reside-live.html
- For additional sports betting picks and tips, visit SportsbookWire.com now and for a complete set of today’s live odds, access them at USA TODAY Sports.— Ryan R. Bonini, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, "NFL Betting Guide - Week 2: Afternoon slate odds and bets," 15 Sep. 2019
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lodge
- vt. 寄存；借住；提出；嵌入
来看一个来自经济学人杂志的例子：文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-words-dwell-reside-live.html
- South Korea lodged a complaint at the World Trade Organisation over Japan’s limits on exports of materials crucial to South Korea’s consumer-electronics industry.— The Economist, "Business this week," 14 Sep. 2019
- 韩国就日本限制对韩国消费电子产业至关重要的材料出口向世界贸易组织（wto）提出申诉。
inhabit
- vt. 居住于, 栖居于
来看一个来自纽约客杂志的例子：文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-words-dwell-reside-live.html
- The group now controls or contests more territory—forty-six per cent of the land, inhabited by a third of the population—than at any time since the U.S. intervention.— Robin Wright, The New Yorker, "Trump’s Stunt with the Taliban Was Not About Negotiating Peace," 10 Sep. 2019
- 该组织现在控制或争夺的领土占国土面积的46%，三分之一的人口居住在这里，比美国干预以来的任何时候都多。
settle
- vt. 解决；安排；使…定居
来看一个来自纽约时报的例子：文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-words-dwell-reside-live.html
- Lawyers there also argued that the state was not her employer, before settling last month for $125,000.— Vivian Wang, New York Times, "She Sued the State Over Harassment. Then the Gaslighting Began, She Said.," 6 Sep. 2019
- 当地律师还辩称，在上个月以12.5万美元和解之前，该州并不是她的雇主。
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