新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

settle

英  [ˈsetəl]
    

[VERB]

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
  • settle down

    1[PHRASAL 短语] (尤指因结了婚或买了房而)安顿下来

    When someone settles down, they start living a quiet life in one place, especially when they get married or buy a house.

    双语例句

    例:

    One day I'll want to settle down and have a family.

    总有一天我会想安顿下来,成个家。

    2[PHRASAL 短语] 安定下来 , 平静下来

    If a situation or a person that has been going through a lot of problems or changes settles down, they become calm.

    双语例句

    例:

    It'd be fun, after the situation in Europe settles down, to take a trip to France.

    欧洲局势平定下来之后,去法国旅行将会很好玩。

    3[PHRASAL 短语] 安下心来(做某事)

    If you settle down to do something or to something, you prepare to do it and concentrate on it.

    双语例句

    例:

    He got his coffee, came back and settled down to listen.

    他取了咖啡回来安心听了起来。

    4[PHRASAL 短语] 安歇

    If you settle down for the night, you get ready to lie down and sleep.

    双语例句

    例:

    They put up their tents and settled down for the night.

    他们搭起帐篷,准备过夜。

  • settle for

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 勉强接受 , 将就

    If you settle for something, you choose or accept it, especially when it is not what you really want but there is nothing else available.

    双语例句

    例:

    Virginia was a perfectionist. She was just not prepared to settle for anything mediocre.

    弗吉尼娅是个完美主义者。她就是无法勉强接受任何平庸的东西。

  • settle in

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 适应下来

    If you settle in, you become used to living in a new place, doing a new job, or going to a new school.

    双语例句

    例:

    I enjoyed school enormously once I'd settled in.

    一旦适应了,我就非常喜欢上学了。

  • settle on

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 选定

    If you settle on a particular thing, you choose it after considering other possible choices.

    近义词

    decide on

    双语例句

    例:

    I finally settled on a Mercedes. It's the ideal car for me.

    我最后选中了一辆奔驰。它是我的理想轿车。

  • settle up

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 付清

    When you settle up, you pay a bill or a debt.

    双语例句

    例:

    I'll have to settle up what I owe for the phone.

    我得付清所欠的电话费。

    VERB. 动词
  • settles , settling , settled

    1[T 及物动词] 解决(纠纷、问题等)

    If people settle an argument or problem, or if something settles it, they solve it, for example, by making a decision about who is right or about what to do.

    双语例句

    例:

    They agreed to try to settle their dispute by negotiation.

    他们同意尽量通过谈判解决纠纷。

    2[I 不及物动词] (庭外)和解

    If people settle a legal dispute or if they settle, they agree to end the dispute without going to a court of law, for example, by paying some money or by apologizing.

    双语例句

    例:

    In an attempt to settle the case, Molken has agreed to pay restitution.

    为了结此案,莫尔肯已同意赔偿。

    例:

    She got much less than she would have done if she had settled out of court.

    她得到的远不如她若庭外和解得到的多。

    3[I 不及物动词] 结算 , 算清

    If you settle a bill or debt, you pay the amount that you owe.

    双语例句

    例:

    I settled the bill for my coffee and his two glasses of wine.

    我为我的咖啡和他的两杯葡萄酒付了钱。

    例:

    She has now settled with her landlord.

    她现在已经和她的房东算清了。

    4[T 及物动词] 确定

    If something is settled, it has all been decided and arranged.

    双语例句

    例:

    As far as we're concerned, the matter is settled.

    在我们看来,此事已定。

    5[I 不及物动词] 定居于 , 使定居 , 定居

    When people settle a place or in a place, or when a government settles them there, they start living there permanently.

    双语例句

    例:

    Refugees settling in a new country suffer from a number of problems.

    在一个新国家定居的难民面临许多问题。

    例:

    He visited Paris and eventually settled there.

    他造访了巴黎,并最终在那儿定居了。

    6[I 不及物动词] 安顿 , 安坐

    If you settle yourself somewhere or settle somewhere, you sit down or make yourself comfortable.

    双语例句

    例:

    Albert settled himself on the sofa.

    阿尔伯特在沙发坐了下来。

    7[I 不及物动词] 使沉降 , 沉降

    If something settles or if you settle it, it sinks slowly down and becomes still.

    双语例句

    例:

    A black dust settled on the walls.

    墙上落了一层黑色的粉尘。

    例:

    Once its impurities had settled, the oil could be graded.

    一旦杂质沉淀下去,油就可以分级了。

    8[I 不及物动词] (目光)停留

    If your eyes settle on or upon something, you stop looking around and look at that thing for some time.

    近义词

    rest

    双语例句

    例:

    The man let his eyes settle upon Blume's face.

    那个人的目光落在了布卢姆的脸上。

    9[I 不及物动词] (鸟类或昆虫)飞落 , 栖息

    When birds or insects settle on something, they land on it from above.

    近义词

    light

    双语例句

    例:

    Moths flew in front of it, eventually settling on the rough painted metal.

    飞蛾在它前面飞舞,最后落在了那块粗糙的喷漆金属上。