habitation

英 [ˌhæbɪˈteɪʃn] 美 [ˌhæbɪˈteɪʃn]

n.  居住; 住处; 住所; 聚居地

复数:habitations

TEM8

BNC.14815 / COCA.17865



牛津词典

noun

  1. 居住
    the act of living in a place
    1. They looked around for any signs of habitation.
      他们四处寻找有人居住的迹象。
    2. The houses were unfit for human habitation (= not clean or safe enough for people to live in) .
      那些房子不适合人居住。
  2. 住处;住所;聚居地
    a place where people live
    1. The road serves the scattered habitations along the coast.
      这条公路连接着海岸线上分散的聚居地。

柯林斯词典

  1. N-UNCOUNT 居住
    Habitation is the activity of living somewhere.
    1. The recent survey found that 20 per cent of private-rented dwellings are unfit for human habitation...
      最近的调查发现,20%的私人租住房屋并不适合人居住。
    2. Signs of habitation appeared and the fields gave way to houses.
      屋宇起平地,耕野生人烟。
  2. N-COUNT 住处;住所;聚居地
    A habitation is a place where people live.
    1. 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。

双语例句

  1. The recent survey found that 20 per cent of private-rented dwellings are unfit for human habitation
    最近的调查发现,20%的私人租住房屋并不适合人居住。
  2. Signs of habitation appeared and the fields gave way to houses.
    屋宇起平地,耕野生人烟。
  3. 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。
  4. These islands are on the margins of human habitation.
    这些岛屿位于人类聚居地的边缘。
  5. Existing houses are becoming totally unfit for human habitation
    现有的房子正变得完全不适合住人。
  6. Tolerate no uncleanness in body, clothes or habitation.
    应保持身体、衣着和住所的清洁。
  7. In whom you also are built together into an habitation of God in the Spirit.
    并且靠著他,你们也一同被建筑,因著圣神,成为天主的住所。
  8. The building is unfit for human habitation.
    那幢楼不适合人类居住。
  9. Is it a house fit for human habitation?
    这是幢适合于人居住的房子吗?
  10. The conversion of waste land into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation.
    把废弃的土地改变为适合居住或耕作。
  11. Many of these islands are partially submerged islets, rocks, and reefs that are little more than shipping hazards not suitable for habitation.
    这些岛屿中的大部分都是没于水下的小岛,沙洲和暗礁,并对船运构成了危险且不适宜居住。
  12. The houses were unfit for human habitation.
    那些房子不适合人居住。
  13. Colleague provides high grade habitation and study space for teachers and students.
    学院为在校师生创造了优质的生活环境和学习空间。
  14. Kunming is a city with a long history; long before the Paleolithic Sanmonian have human habitation.
    昆明是一个历史悠久的城市,远在三万年前的旧石器时代就有人类居住。
  15. The people themselves feel the misery of having no channels to remove sullage away clear from every habitation.
    人们觉得痛苦的是没有水道把每个住宅中的污水排除干净。
  16. In this place ten miles around there is no signs of human habitation.
    在这一地方的十英里的周围内杳无人烟。
  17. Application of China's traditional habitation culture in design of villa
    浅谈中国传统居住文化在别墅设计中的应用
  18. She was not without a settled habitation of her own.
    她并不是没有自己的固定住所。
  19. From now on the system of the right of habitation should be perfected.
    在物权法制定过程中,对于应否确立居住权制度一直都有争议。
  20. Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
    耶和华啊!我喜爱你住宿的殿,你荣耀居住的地方。
  21. And climate change threatens to make much of the planet unsuited for food production and habitation.
    气候变化威胁着地球,使其大部分地区不再适合粮食生长和生物居住。
  22. Cleanliness: Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, cloths, or habitation.
    清洁:身体、衣着和居所要力求清洁。
  23. Hejian a long history of human habitation there from the late Neolithic Age.
    河间历史悠久,从新石器时代晚期就有人类居住。
  24. The house was not fit for human habitation.
    这房子不适合住人。
  25. Objective support was positively related to rapprochement in the family, condition of habitation and satisfaction of living;
    家庭和睦、居住条件和生活满意度与客观支持显著正相关;
  26. Close to habitation, these two mosquito species multiply in collections of stagnant water, mostly in artificial containers.
    这两种蚊虫接近住所,主要在采集的存放在人造容器的死水中繁殖。
  27. The broken-down old house was not fit for human habitation.
    这座破烂的老房子不适合人居住。
  28. Habitation is one of basic functions of city.
    居住,是城市的基本功能之一。
  29. I search for the optimization design strategy of High-rise residential buildings, realising the high comfort of habitation.
    探求超高层住宅的最佳设计谋略,营造这一新型居住形态的高舒适度居住环境。
  30. Habitation for wasps or hornets.
    黄蜂或大黄蜂的住所。

同义词辨析

  habitation dwelling residence【导航词义:住所】

  habitation n. 〈正式〉住宅,住处

〔辨析〕指人长久或固定的住所或居住地。

〔例证〕
She chose this village for her habitation.
她选择这个村庄作为她的栖身之地。
The house is unfit for human habitation.
那所房子不适宜住人。

  dwelling n. 〈正式〉住宅,寓所,住处

〔辨析〕指人们居住的任何处所或建筑物,有别于办公等用房,常用复数形式。

〔例证〕
Ancient people dug caves for their dwellings.
古代人挖洞穴作为住所。
Dwellings in the mountains are few and far between.
山里的住家寥若晨星。

  residence n. 〈正式〉住宅,官邸

〔辨析〕指大而堂皇的寓所或公馆,也指官员因公职而使用的住所。

〔例证〕
This is Mr. Brown's residence.
这是布朗先生的寓所。
They have a summer residence in the countryside.
他们在乡间有幢避暑居所。
He has been to the ambassador's official residence.
他去过那位大使的官邸。

英英释义

noun

  1. the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
    1. he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony

    Synonym:    inhabitancyinhabitation

  2. housing that someone is living in
    1. he built a modest dwelling near the pond
    2. they raise money to provide homes for the homeless

    Synonym:    dwellinghomedomicileabodedwelling house

  3. the native habitat or home of an animal or plant