inhabit
单词辨析：
指到访或作客时短期居住。
If you ever visit Moscow, you must come and stay with us.
你要是到莫斯科来，一定要到我们这里住住。
She told her husband not to wait up for her. She might stay the night with her aunt.
她告诉丈夫不要熬夜等她，她可能在她姑妈家过夜。
指在某一地方居住。
For ten years, she dwelt in the forest.
她在森林里生活了10年。
My parents dwell on the border of our country.
我的父母住在边疆。
指人或动植物生活在某个地区，并已适应该地区的特殊环境。
Fish inhabit the sea.
鱼栖息于海中。
They inhabit the tropical forests.
他们居住在热带森林中。
Over 100 species of plants inhabit the woods.
这片树林里生长着上百种植物。
最普通用词，指人在某处生活或动植物在某地生长，时间可长可短。
I have been living here since my childhood.
我打小就一直住在这里。
The Norwegians live in a comparatively cold zone.
挪威人生活在比较寒冷的地区。
These birds live on the island.
这些鸟生活在这座岛上。
指在某处居住，含合法、长久之意。
Do you still reside at Elm Road?
你还住在埃尔姆路吗?
I plan to reside in Salt Lake City.
我打算在盐湖城定居。
You shall only reside at an address approved by your supervising officer.
你必须只在监管人员认可的地址居住。
指开始在某一国家、地区或城镇生活，通常不接具体的住所。
They got married and settled near New York.
他们婚后定居在纽约附近。
He hoped to settle in this country.
他希望在这个国家定居下来。
After working abroad for years, he wants to settle in Vienna.
在国外工作多年后，他决定在维也纳定居下来。
相关例句：
Some very rare birds inhabit our stretch of the river.
一些非常珍稀的鸟栖息在我们的河段上。
Broadly, we investigate the world's lakes and rivers and the creatures which inhabit them.
宽广地，我们调查世界的湖和河和居住于他们的人。
The Loch Ness Monster is reputed to inhabit its deep waters.
尼斯湖怪兽以栖息于深水中而闻名。
Venture into new paths; avoid going into bushes and ferns where insects and wasps inhabit.
自行闯路，避免走蕨丛，那通常是昆虫和黄蜂聚居的地方。
The fact that half of the known species are thought to inhabit the world's rain forests does not seem surprising, considering the huge numbers of insects that comprise the bulk of the species.
考虑到那些组成了物种大部分的庞大的昆虫数量，那么已知的一半的物种被认为居住在世界上的雨林也不足为奇了。
We are committed to the highest standards of ethics and integrity; we are responsible to our customers, to our employees, and to the environment we inhabit.
我们致力于为最高标准的道德操守和廉正；我们有责任为我们的客户，我们的员工，和我们居住的环境。