dwell on イディオム
dwell on
think about or talk about something all the time I wish he wouldn
dwell on/upon
1.think, often too much about sth.esp.troublesome;worry over sth.老是想着(某事)
Don'dwell on thoughts that annoy you.别老想着使你烦恼的事。
2.speak or write at length about Sth.详述
The teacher was always dwelling on the boy's faullts.老师总在数落这个男孩的过失。
Don't dwell too much on the subject.这个题目不要讲得太详细。
The speaker dwelled on traffic safety in his talk.演讲者详述了 交通安全问题。
Dwell on the past
Thinking too much about the past, so that it becomes a problem is to dwell on the past.
dwell on|dwell|dwell upon
v. To stay on a subject; not leave something or want to leave; not stop talking or writing about.
Joe dwelt on his mistake long after the test was over. Our eyes dwelled on the beautiful sunset. The principal dwelled on traffic safety in his talk. Compare: HARP ON.
Antonym: TOUCH ON.
dwell (up)on (someone or something)
1. To obsessively anticipate or anguish about something. Try not to abide on this rejection, honey. There are affluence of added nice boys you can ask to the dance. He dwelt aloft what had gone amiss in the affair for years afterward.2. To abide a accurate abode or surface. I appetite to become a scientist and abstraction the creatures that abide aloft added planets. That blazon of beastly dwells alone on land.Learn more: dwelldwell (up)on someone or something
to abide on the [important] accountable of addition or article for a continued time. (Upon is academic and beneath frequently acclimated than on.) I can't abide aloft this accountable anymore. There is no charge to abide on Sarah further.Learn more: dwell, ondwell (up)on something
to alive on something, such as the planet Earth. (Upon is added academic than on.) This is the better turtle that dwells aloft the earth. Many creatures abide on this earth.Learn more: dwell, ondwell on
Also, dwell upon. Linger over; ponder, allege or address at length. For example, Let's not abide on this affair too long; we accept a lot to awning today. [c. 1500] Learn more: dwell, ondwell on
v. To anticipate or allocution about article to an boundless degree: The abecedary dwelled on the accountable of apathy for several minutes.
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