[VERB 动词]沉湎于,唠叨,赘述(尤指令人不快的事) If you dwell on something, especially something unpleasant, you think, speak, or write about it a lot or for quite a long time.
[V on/upon n]
I'd rather not dwell on the past.
我不想再沉湎于过去了。
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[VERB 动词]居住;栖身 If you dwell somewhere, you live there.
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They are concerned for the fate of the forest and the Indians who dwell in it...
他们为这片森林及居住于其中的印第安人的命运而担心。
Shiva is a dark god; he dwells in the mountains and deserts.
湿婆神匿影藏形于深山和沙漠之中。
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dwell/dwel; NAmEdwel/verb(dwelt,dweltordwelled,dwelled)[intransitive ]+ adv./prep.( formalorliterary) to live somewhere 居住;栖身◆For ten years she dwelled among the nomads of North America.她在北美游牧民中生活了十年。PHRASAL VERBˈdwell on/upon sth1to think or talk a lot about sth, especially sth it would be better to forget 老是想着,唠叨(尤指最好应忘记的事)◆So you made a mistake, but there's no need to dwell on it.你是错了,不过不必老是想着这事儿。2to look at sth for a long time 细看;凝视dwelldwellsdwelleddweltdwellingdwell/dwel; NAmEdwel/
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dwelldwell /dwel/ ●○○ verb (past tense and past participle dwelt /dwelt/ or dwelled) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
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literary to live in a particular place: They dwelt in the forest.dwell on/upon phrasal verbto think or talk for too long about something, especially something unpleasant: That is not a subject I want to dwell on.
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