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小词详解 | dwell
dwell 英 [dwel] 美 [dwel]
Mr van Beurden, boss of Royal Dutch Shell, the world’s second-biggest publicly traded oil company, is not the first well-paid executive to dwell on the hardships of his youth.
作为全球第二大上市石油公司荷兰皇家壳牌的老板,范伯登并不是那些拿高薪的高管当中第一个唠叨自己年少时生活如何艰辛的人。
——《经济学人》The Nordens do not want to dwell on what happened at the marathon or be defined by it.
诺登家的人不想对马拉松赛那件事念念不忘,也不想让它成为自己的标签。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 住在某个特定的地方
恰在这时,无视法律的伐木工人们正在毁坏雨林,践踏居住于其中的土著居民的权利。
Right on cue, loggers who flout the law are destroying rain forests and trampling on the rights of natives who dwell in it.
老是想过去是没有用的。我们应当想出一个计策来帮他挽回受损的公众形象。
It's no use dwelling on the past. We should devise a scheme to help him salvage his tarnished public image.演讲时她一直在说遭受疾病和饥饿折磨的人们所处的困境。
In her speech, she dwelt on the plight of the sick and the hungry.
起初,他们凝视着美丽的景色。随后,泪水模糊了他们的视线。
At first, their eyes dwelled on the beautiful scene. Soon afterwards, tears blurred their eyes.
It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that.
沉湎于虚幻的梦想,而忘记现实的生活,这是毫无益处的,千万记住。
abide: live; dwell reside: have one's permanent home in a particular place lodge: rent accommodation in another person's house