LIVE1 to live in a place2 to start to live in a place3 when you live in the same house as someone else4 to live with someone who you have a sexual relationship with5 someone who lives in a place6 when a place has people living in it7 suitable/not suitable for people to live inRELATED WORDSperiod of time when someone or something is alive 某人或某物活着的一段时间LIFEto live 活着ALIVEto be alive after an accident, illness, or war 经历事故、疾病或战争之后活着SURVIVEsee alsoHOMEPLACECOUNTRYCOME FROM1 to live in a place 居住在某地live /lɪv/ [intransitive verb]to have your home in a particular place 居住 Where do you live? 你住在哪儿？live in Do you like living in Tokyo? 你喜欢住在东京吗? Judy lives in that nice house on the corner. 朱迪住在拐角的那幢漂亮房子里。 How do you like living in the city again after so many years away from it? 离开了这个城市那么多年以后又回来住，感觉怎么样?live at In 1905 Russell was living at 4 Ralston Street. 1905年，罗素住在罗斯顿街4号。live at hometo live in your parents’ house 〔与父母一起〕住在家里 Donald is 30 years old, but he still lives at home. 唐纳德30岁了，但是仍然住在家里。live abroadlive in a foreign country 在国外居住 They lived abroad for several years but moved back when the children were school age. 他们在国外住了几年，但是到了孩子上学的年龄就回国了。live inlive at the place where you work or study 【英】住在学校里〔工作的地方〕British Many students prefer to live in during their first year of study. 许多学生第一年都喜欢住在学校里。be from /biː ˈfrɒm/ [verb phrase]especially spokenuse this to talk about the place where you live 【尤口】来自 My name's Sharon and I'm from Harlow. 我的名字叫沙伦，我来自哈洛。 The man is believed to be from somewhere in the north of England. 那名男子据说是来自英格兰北部的某个地方。 Where are you from? 你是哪里人？reside /rɪˈzaɪd/ [intransitive verb]formalto live in a country, city, or area - used in official contexts 【正式】居住，定居于〔用于正式场合〕reside in Miss Badu grew up in Dallas but now resides in Brooklyn. 巴杜小姐在达拉斯长大，但是现在住在布鲁克林。 At that time there were many American writers residing in Paris. 那时候，有许多美国作家旅居巴黎。reside at Miss Tonelli, how exactly did you come to reside at your current address? 托内利小姐，你到底是怎么来到现在这个地址居住的？reside abroadlive in a foreign country 在国外居住 The government bureau has prepared a booklet for U.S. citizens residing abroad. 政府部门给侨居海外的美国公民准备了一本小册子。grow up /ˌgrəʊ ˈʌp/ [intransitive phrasal verb]to live in a place during the time when you are a child 〔在某地〕长大 This is the neighborhood where my father grew up. 我父亲就是在这个社区长大。grow up in Margaret Hallworth was born in Manchester but grew up in North Wales. 玛格丽特·霍尔沃思在曼彻斯特出生，但是在北威尔士长大。grow up on I grew up on a farm in eastern Pennsylvania. 我在宾夕法尼亚州东部的一个农场上长大。inhabit /ɪnˈhæbɪt, ɪnˈhæbət/ [transitive verb usually in passive]if a group of people or animalsinhabit an area of land, they live there, especially over a long period of time or permanently - used especially in reports and written contexts 〔尤指人或动物长期或永久地〕居住于；栖息于〔尤用于报告中或书面上〕 The island is mainly inhabited by sheep. 栖居在岛上的主要是绵羊。 Some tribes still inhabit the more remote mountains and jungles of the country. 有些部落仍生活在该国的边远山区及丛林之中。be populated by /biː ˈpɒpjɑleɪtd baɪǁ-ˈpɑːp-/ [verb phrase]if an area of landis populated by a particular type of people or animals, they are the people or animals who live there 〔地区〕被〔某种人或动物〕居住 This area of Antarctica is populated only by seals and penguins. 南极洲的这个地区只有海豹和企鹅栖居。be heavily populated byto have a large number of a particular group 人口密集 Mindanao is an island in the southern Philippines heavily populated by Muslims. 棉兰老岛是菲律宾南部的一个海岛，穆斯林人口众多。2 to start to live in a place 开始在某地居住settle /ˈsetl/ [intransitive verb]to start to live permanently in a country or city, after you have lived in several different places 定居settle in We lived in Thailand, then Singapore, and finally settled in Hong Kong. 我们在泰国住过，后来在新加坡也住过，最后在香港定居下来。 The family settled in a small Nevada town where they opened a store. 那家人在内华达州的一个小镇上住了下来，在那里开了一家小店。set up house /ˌset ʌp ˈhaʊs/ [verb phrase]to start to live in your own home for the first time, for example after getting married or leaving your parents’ home 成家；建立自己的家 They first set up house together in Atlanta and moved to Miami three years later. 他们最初在亚特兰大建立了家庭，三年后迁至迈阿密。 He rarely left the Brooklyn apartment where he had set up house. 他在布鲁克林这套寓所里建立了自己的家，几乎足不出户。set up house with Her parents were very upset when she set up house with her boyfriend. 她和男友同居建立家庭，父母非常伤心。take up residence /ˌteɪk ʌp ˈrezdəns/ [verb phrase]formalto start to live in a country, city, or a building, especially in order to start working at a job 【正式】开始居住〔尤指开始新工作〕take up residence in He left the country in December to take up residence in Panama. 12月份他离开祖国，在巴拿马居住了下来。take up residence at In 1953 Diem took up residence at a monastery in Belgium. 1953年，迪姆在比利时的一个修道院里住了下来。3 when you live in the same house as someone else 与别人同住一屋live with /ˈlɪv wɪð/ [verb phrase] For two months I lived with a French family in Paris to improve my French. 我在巴黎一个法国人的家里住了两个月，以提高自己的法语水平。 What's the name of the guy you live with? 和你同住的那家伙叫什么名字？ We've been trying to persuade Jack's elderly mother to come and live with us. 我们一直在试图说服杰克年迈的母亲来与我们同住。share a house/apartment/room/flat with /ˌʃeər ə ˈhaʊs, əˈpɑːʳtmənt, ˈruːm, ˈflæt wɪð/ [verb phrase]to live with someone who is not a member of your family and not your sexual partner 合住房子/公寓套间/房间/住房 My brother shares a house with four other students. 我哥哥和其他四个学生合住一幢房子。 Kim and I shared an apartment when I first moved to L.A. 我刚搬来洛杉矶的时候和金合住一套公寓。room with /ˈruːm wɪð/ [verb phrase]Americanto live in the same room as someone at college 【美】与…同住一室 Do you remember Diane? I roomed with her at college. 你还记得黛安娜吗？大学的时候我和她同住一个房间。 Have you decided who you're going to room with next year? 你决定好明年和谁同住一个房间没有？flatmateBritish/roommateAmerican /ˈflætmeɪt, ˈruːm-meɪt/ [countable noun]someone that you share an apartment with, who is not a member of your family and not your sexual partner 室友 This is Rosalind, my flatmate. 这是罗莎琳德，我的室友。 You can't have a party without asking your flatmate first. 你不先问问你的室友就不能搞聚会。 My roommate and I aren't getting along very well - I think I'm going to have to move. 我和室友相处得不是很好—我打算搬家了。4 to live with someone who you have a sexual relationship with 和某人同居live with /ˈlɪv wɪð/ [transitive phrasal verb] I lived with Stuart for three years before we broke up. 我与斯图尔特同居了三年后分手了。 Have you ever met the woman that Glen is living with? 你见过和格伦同居的那个女人了吗？live together /ˈlɪv təˌgeðəʳ/ [intransitive phrasal verb]if two peoplelive together, they live in the same house and have a sexual relationship 同居 These days people often live together before getting married. 现在很多人都是先同居后结婚。 Al really wants us to live together, but I'm not sure I'm ready. 阿尔很希望我们住在一起，可是我不知道自己是否已准备好。cohabit /ˌkəʊˈhæbɪt, ˌkəʊˈhæbət/ [intransitive verb]formalto live with someone as if you were married to them 【正式】同居 Only about one in three couples who cohabit end up getting married. 同居的人中只有1/3左右最后是结婚的。cohabit with Most divorcees either remarry or cohabit with another partner. 大多数离婚的人要么再结婚，要么与他人同居。cohabitation /kəʊˌhæbɪˈteɪʃən, kəʊˌhæbəˈteɪʃən/ [uncountable noun] In the past, cohabitation was strongly disapproved of. 过去，同居遭到人们的强烈反对。shack up /ˌʃæk ˈʌp/ [intransitive phrasal verb]informalto start to live with someone who you have a sexual relationship with - often used humorously 【非正式】同居〔常为幽默用语〕shack up with He's shacking up with some girl he met at the beach. 他和海滩上认识的一个女孩同居了。be shacked upbe living together 同居 Once they were shacked up, all they did was fight. 他们同居了以后就是一个劲地吵架。5 someone who lives in a place 住在某地的人population /ˌpɒpjɑˈleɪʃənǁˌpɑːp-/ [singular noun]all the people in a country or town or area, or the number of people who live in it 〔国家或地区的〕全部居民；人口 In Ghana 46% of the population is under 16 years of age. 加纳有46%的人口都在16岁以下。 The patients have been isolated to keep the disease from spreading to the rest of the population. 病人们被隔离起来，以防把疾病传给其他人。population of The population of Singapore is almost 3 million. 新加坡有近300万人口。the adult/Muslim/black etc populationall the people in a place who are adult, Muslim etc 成年人/穆斯林/黑人等的人口 Ninety percent of the adult population is literate. 90%的成年人有读写能力。population growth The U.S. has a rate of population growth that is five times that of Europe. 美国的人口增长率是欧洲的五倍。resident /ˈrezɪdənt, ˈrezədənt/ [countable noun]someone who lives in a particular area of a town, a particular street or building etc 〔城镇里某地区、某条街道或某栋楼房的〕居民 Local residents are protesting about the new road. 当地居民抗议修建这条新道路。 Parking spaces are for residents only. 泊位只供居民使用。resident of Residents of Glacier Bay are complaining about the pollution caused by cruise ships. 银河湾的居民投诉游轮造成了污染。inhabitant /ɪnˈhæbɪtənt, ɪnˈhæbətənt/ [countable noun usually plural]writtenone of the people who live in a place, especially in a town or city or in an area of a country 【书面】〔尤指城镇里或国家某一地区的〕居民 Copenhagen has about 1.4 million inhabitants. 哥本哈根约有140万名居民。 This is a poor rural area, with only one doctor per 10,000 inhabitants. 这是一个贫穷的农村地区，平均一万人中只有一名医生。inhabitant of Nearly 36% of the inhabitants of Saudi Arabia are resident foreigners. 沙特阿拉伯有近36%的居民是外国侨民。citizen /ˈsɪtɪzən, ˈsɪtəzən/ [countable noun]someone who lives in a particular country or city and who has the right to be protected by its laws 公民；市民 The police asked if we were both British citizens. 警察问我们两人是否都是英国公民。citizen of The court's ruling should be of interest to every citizen of Texas. 法院的裁决应该会引起得克萨斯每一位公民的关注。local /ˈləʊkəl/ [countable noun usually plural]informalsomeone who lives in a particular area, especially in a village or small town 【非正式】〔尤指村里或小镇上的〕当地居民；本地人 If you get lost just ask one of the locals for directions. 如果你迷失方向，可向当地人问路。 Denver International Airport was built in an area that locals call ‘Tornado Alley.’ 丹佛国际机场建在被当地人称为“龙卷风巷”的一个地方。tenant /ˈtenənt/ [countable noun]someone who lives in a house, flat, or room and regularly pays money to the person who owns it 租户；房客 Tenants are not allowed to keep pets. 房客不得养宠物。 Have you found any tenants for your house yet? 你的房子找到租户了没有?tenant of Twelve tenants of the Lockwood housing complex are taking part in the lawsuit against their landlord. 洛克伍德住宅楼的12个房客正在联合起诉他们的房东。occupant /ˈɒkjɑpəntǁˈɑːk-/ [countable noun]formalsomeone who lives in a particular house, room etc 【正式】〔房子、房间等的〕居住者，住户 They have left all the furniture and carpets in the house for the next occupant. 他们把屋子里所有家具和地毯都留给了下一个住户。occupant of Occupants of the building are understandably upset about the high-rise going up next door. 大楼内的居民对隔壁在建造的高层大厦不满，这是可以理解的。occupier /ˈɒkjɑpaɪəʳǁˈɑːk-/ [countable noun]especially Britishformalthe person who lives in a particular house, flat etc - used especially in official documents 【尤英，正式】〔房子、公寓等里的〕住户〔尤用于官方文件〕 The document has to be signed by the occupier of every household. 文件须由每家住户签字。owner-occupiersomeone who lives in a house that they own 业主居住者 The new law affects everyone from tenants to owner-occupiers. 新法律影响到每个人，从租户至业主居住者。squatter /ˈskwɒtəʳǁˈskwɑː-/ [countable noun]someone who lives in an empty building without paying rent and without having permission to live there 擅自占用空屋的人 Police have removed over 50 squatters from the housing estate. 警方赶走了住宅区里五十多名擅自占房者。 Squatters insist that without their work, the buildings would have deteriorated to the point of being unusable. 擅自占房者坚称，如果没有他们，这些楼房说不定已经破烂得不能使用了。settler /ˈsetləʳ/ [countable noun]someone who goes to live in a place that people have never lived in before 〔到未曾有人居住过的地区定居的〕移民，殖民者，早期拓荒者 Many of the earliest settlers here dies from disease and hunger. 这里最早的一批移民中有许多人死于疾病和饥饿。 Settlers found a plentiful supply of fruit and game in the nearby forests. 殖民者发现附近的森林里有充足的野果和猎物。6 when a place has people living in it 某地有人居住inhabited /ɪnˈhæbɪtəd, ɪnˈhæbətəd/ [adjective]an area of land or a building that isinhabited has people living in it 〔土地或建筑物〕有人居住的 Only two of the islands are inhabited. 只有其中的两个岛有人居住。 This tiny town has been an inhabited area for over 3,000 years. 这个小镇有人居住已经有三千多年了。occupied /ˈɒkjɑpaɪdǁˈɑːk-/ [adjective not before noun]a building or room that isoccupied has people living in it 〔建筑物或房间〕有人居住的 None of the flats is occupied - they've only just been built. 所有的公寓都是空的—它们刚刚竣工。populated /ˈpɒpjɑleɪtɪd, ˈpɒpjɑleɪtədǁˈpɑːp-/ [adjective]with people living there 有人居住的 Bears are appearing more and more frequently in populated areas 熊在有人烟的地方出没越来越多。densely/heavily populatedhaving many people 人口稠密的 The north-east has always been more densely populated than the rest of the country. 东北部一向比该国其他地方人口稠密。thinly/sparsely populatedhaving few people 人口稀少的 French Guiana is a sparsely populated wilderness. 法属圭亚那是个人口稀少的荒芜地区。residential area /ˌrezɪdenʃəl ˈeəriə, ˌrezədenʃəl ˈeəriə/ [countable noun]an area where there are houses where people live 住宅区 The museum is about 6 blocks from downtown in a quiet residential area. 博物馆位于距离市中心大约六个街区的一个安静的住宅区里。 London's main airport is surrounded by densely populated residential areas. 伦敦的主要机场四周都是人口稠密的住宅区。human habitation /ˌhjuːmən hæbˈteɪʃən/ [noun phrase]formaluse this about a place that humans live in or have lived in in the past 【正式】人类居住 The only sign of human habitation was a charred area where there had once been a fire. 有过人类居住的唯一迹象是有个地方曾经生过火而且被烧焦了。7 suitable/not suitable for people to live in 适于/不适于人居住的habitable /ˈhæbɪtəbəl, ˈhæbətəbəl/ [adjective]a building or area of land that ishabitable is suitable for people to live in, for example because it is clean enough, warm enough, safe enough etc 〔建筑物或地区〕适于居住的，可居住的 There are already plans to renovate the buildings and make them habitable. 已经有计划要整修这些楼房，使它们可以住人。 Japan is mostly mountainous and has a only a relatively narrow strip of habitable land along the coasts. 日本多为山区，只有沿海一条相对狭窄的地带适宜居住。be fit to live in /biː ˌfɪt tə ˈlɪv ɪn/ [verb phrase]if a buildingis fit to live in, it is in a suitable condition for people to live in it 〔建筑物〕适于居住，可以住人 As soon as the farm was fit to live in, we moved all our things there. 一等到农场可以住人时，我们马上把所有的东西都搬到了那儿。not be fit to live innot in a suitable condition for people to live in 不适宜居住 The first apartment we looked at just wasn't fit to live in. 我们看的第一套公寓根本不适于住人。uninhabitable /ˌʌnɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl, ˌʌnɪnˈhæbətəbəl/ [adjective]not suitable for living in or on 不适于居住的 A nuclear accident would make the whole region uninhabitable. 核事故会使整个地区都无法住人。 Twenty of the houses damaged by the storm were declared uninhabitable. 遭暴风雨破坏的房子中有20栋被宣布不能居住。unfit for human habitation /ʌnˌfɪt fəʳ ˌhjuːmən hæbiteɪʃən/ [adjective phrase]not suitable for people to live in, especially because of being dirty, cold, or wet - used especially in official contexts 不适宜人类居住，不宜住人〔尤因肮脏、寒冷或潮湿；尤用于正式场合〕 The court was told that Blake had charged hundreds of dollars in rent for rooms that were unfit for human habitation. 法庭被告知，布莱克收取几百美元的租金，而房间却不宜住人。 In the 1960s, the flats were declared unfit for human habitation and demolished. 20世纪60年代，这些公寓被宣布不宜住人而拆除了。