英语常用词辨析 词汇精选：habitation的用法和辨析

词汇精选：habitation的用法和辨析  

一、详细释义：,n.,居住,例句：,The house was declared unsafe for habitation.,那屋子被宣布为不宜居住的危房。,例句：,Signs of habitation appeared and the fields gave way to houses.,屋宇起平地，耕野生人烟。,住处，住所，住宅；聚居地,例句：,I spent all that evening there, and went not back to my habitation.,那晚我就留在那里，没有回家。,例句：,Behind the habitations, the sandstone cliffs rose abruptly to the north and west.,在居住区后面，北边和西边陡然高耸着砂岩悬崖。,二、词义辨析：,house,building,dwelling,shelter,habitation,home,residence,这些名词均含有“居住处”之意。house中性词，泛指一切供居住的建筑物，尤指适合一家一户居住的房屋。building泛指一切建筑物，不限于居住的房子。dwelling正式用词，仅指人们居住的任何建筑物。shelter可指长期或临时的住处，也指简陋或临时搭建的躲避风雨的场所。habitation指长久或固定的住所或居住地。home指永久住家时，带有家庭所特有的温暖、情感等气息。residence指大而堂皇的寓所或公馆，也指法律上的居住点。,三、参考例句：,Is it a house fit for human habitation?,这是幢适合于人居住的房子吗？,Our new habitation was an excavation made in the earth.,我们的新居是在地里挖出的一个洞。,She was not without a settled habitation of her own.,她并不是没有自己的固定住所。,The body is the corporeal habitation of the soul.,身体为灵魂之有形寓所。,Signs of habitation appeared and the fields gave way to houses.,屋宇起平地，耕野生人烟。