reside: expresses the idea that a person keeps or returns to a particular place as his or her fixed, settled, or legal abode: ~ happily in New Hampshire. (abode: 住所寓所.You are welcome to my humble abode竭诚欢迎光临寒舍. right of abode: 居住权)


live: may stress the idea of actually spending one's time and carrying out the activities of one's family life: ~ for years in the house next door.


dwell: a close synonym of these words, is likely to appear in elevated language: longed to ~ among trees and hills. (elevate提升,elevator: 直梯)


sojourn: distinctively implies a temporary habitation or abode, and more or less uncertain place or way of living: ~ for a while in the south of France.


lodge: ALSO suggests a habitation for a time and may connote restricted accomodation such as in a hotel or rooming house: chose to ~ there for the night. (rooming house: 有家具的出租房屋，如Forrest Gump阿甘家)


stay: is the term commonly used in place of sojourn or lodge: ~ at that hotel for the entire week.


put up: is the equivalent of lodge, and usually suggests the status of a guest: decided to ~ at his sister's house for the weekend.


reside正式居住: 表示将某地作为固定法定住所，一直居住(keeps or returns to)，live居住生活:  强调进行家庭生活及度过时光，dwell也是居住:  意思很接近，但常用于愿望神话等"有高度"的语言(elevated language,即非日常用语)，sojourn暂时居住: 特指暂时住地或住所(temporary habitation or abode),以及不确定的居住地生活方式，lodge也是暂时居住: 也表示暂时，还表示提供有限的生活设施如宾馆出租房屋，stay暂时居住: 也是暂时，常替换以上两词，put up暂住:  等于lodge(即暂时有限的生活设施，但没有sojourn漂泊不定的含义)，表示客人身份。


记忆方法: 1）首字母SLDSLSP重组为LLSS PRD: 老老少少都自豪<==居住是民生之本


         2）居住的意思是以某地作为居住地或住所mean to have as one's habitation or domicile.  (domicile: 正式的法律的住所，和上边abode比基本意思一样，但更正式可以适用法律)