settle

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英[ˈsetl]
美[ˈsetl]

基本释义

v.
结束(分歧); 庭外和解; 结(账); (使)坐下; (使)沉降; 安排好; 定居; 注视着; 降落
n.
高背长椅

词性变化

实用例句

to settle a dispute/an argument/a matter

解决争端 / 争论 / 事情

牛津词典

It's time you settled your differences with your father.

现在你该解决同你父亲之间的分歧了。

牛津词典

There is pressure on the unions to settle.

工会组织面临消除纷争的压力。

牛津词典

The company has agreed to settle out of court (= come to an agreement without going to court) .

那家公司同意庭外解决。

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It's all settled ─we're leaving on the nine o'clock plane.

一切都定下来了——我们乘九点的航班走。

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Bob will be there? That settles it . I'm not coming.

鲍勃会去吗?那好,我就不去了。

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He had to settle his affairs (= arrange all his personal business) in Paris before he could return home.

他得把他在巴黎的事情料理好才能回家。

牛津词典

She settled in Vienna after her father's death.

父亲死后,她就在维也纳定居了。

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This region was settled by the Dutch in the nineteenth century.

荷兰人于十九世纪来到这一地区定居。

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Ellie settled back in her seat.

埃利舒适地靠着椅背坐下。

牛津词典

He settled himself comfortably in his usual chair.

他在自己惯常坐的椅子上舒舒服服地坐下来。

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I settled her on the sofa and put a blanket over her.

我把她放在沙发上安顿好,给她盖了一条毯子。

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She settled the blanket around her knees.

她用毯子裹住膝盖。

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They agreed to try to settle their dispute by negotiation...

他们同意通过谈判来努力解决纠纷。

Both sides are looking for ways to settle their differences...

双方都在寻求消除分歧的方法。

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

为了争取庭外和解,莫尔肯同意赔款。

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

如果她同意庭外和解的话,得到的肯定会更多。

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账。

They settled with Colin at the end of the evening.

晚上聚会结束的时候他们和科林结清了账。

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

我们这边已经安排妥当了。

That's settled then. We'll exchange addresses tonight.

那就定下来了,我们今晚交换联系地址。

She offered to settle a legacy on Katharine.

她提出要把一笔遗产留给凯瑟琳。

Refugees settling in Britain suffer from a number of problems...

在英国定居的难民面临很多问题。

He visited Paris and eventually settled there...

他造访了巴黎,并最终在那儿定居下来。

Albert settled himself on the sofa...

艾伯特舒舒服服地坐在沙发上。

Jessica settled into her chair with a small sigh of relief.

杰茜卡微微松了口气,坐到了椅子上。

A black dust settled on the walls...

墙上落了一层黑色的粉尘。

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。

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

那名男子的目光落在了克罗斯的脸上。

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

几只蛾子在它前面飞,最终落在了那块粗糙的喷漆金属上。

真题例句

And, for the time being, we settle.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

When Donna returned to the States, she couldn't settle down.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

Pat's children were with their father, so she took a picnic lunch to her friends new plays, then spend the day helping her unpack and get settled

出自-2012年12月听力原文

Now I would like to settle my mini-bar bill.

2017年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

This turn of events is fueled primarily by the dramatic drop in the share of young Americans who are choosing to settle down romantically before age 35.

2019年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

This turn of events is fueled primarily by the dramatic drop in the share of young Americans who are choosing to settle down romantically before age.

2019年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

More to the point, he had yet to settle on a subject for the personal essay accompanying the application.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

Abilene Christian settled on the devices after surveying students and finding that they did not like hauling around their laptops, but that most of them always carried a cell phone, Dr. Dickson said.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

It was settled after more than two years of negotiation.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama assembled a racially and ideologically diverse coalition with his message of hope and change; as the reality of life under a new administration settles in, some of those supporters might become disillusioned.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

Where does the butterfly settle at the end of the migration?

出自-2014年6月听力原文

Well, the letter mentions 20,000 pounds, but I don't know if they might settle for us.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

Brown would like to see their daughter settled down, get married, and have kids.

2017年高考英语天津卷 单项填空 原文

I settled down in the darkness, and the curtains opened.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(10月) 语法填空 原文

It was a rainy morning and the children, mainly boys with various learning difficulties, refused to settle for the start of the lesson.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 完形填空 原文

Most radio stations settled in the large villas in the leafy areas of the town.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

People settle in these places because they are easy to get to and naturally suited to communications and trade.

2018年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Soon afterwards, many of those people started settling down to become farmers, and their languages too became more settled and fewer in number.

2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The city was crowded with disappointed people with no interest in settling down, and when they heard there were new gold discoveries in alaska, they left dawson city as quickly as they had come.

2018年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

The habima is the centre of hebrew-language theatre worldwide, founded in Moscow after the 1905 revolution, the company eventually settled in Tel Aviv in the late 1920s, since 1958, they have been recognised as the National Theatre of Israel.

2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

They have settled their environmental problems.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

They settled in at a comfortable east side cafe and within minutes, another customer was approaching their table.

2016年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

sexual confusion, economic frustrations , and religious hope-all name together in a decisive moment when he opened the Bible, told his father the first line he saw would settle his fate, and read the magical words:.

出自-2009年考研阅读原文

Mean while , many settles had slighter religious commitments than Dane’s, as one clergyman learned in confronting folk along the coast who mocked that they had not come to the New world for religion.

出自-2009年考研阅读原文

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. a long wooden bench with a back

Verb
  • 1. settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground;

    "dust settled on the roofs"

  • 2. bring to an end; settle conclusively;

    "The case was decided"

    "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"

    "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"

  • 3. settle conclusively; come to terms;

    "We finally settled the argument"

  • 4. take up residence and become established;

    "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"

  • 5. come to terms;

    "After some discussion we finally made up"

  • 6. go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"

  • 7. become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style;

    "He finally settled down"

  • 8. become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet;

    "The roar settled to a thunder"

    "The wind settled in the West"

    "it is settling to rain"

    "A cough settled in her chest"

    "Her mood settled into lethargy"

  • 9. establish or develop as a residence;

    "He settled the farm 200 years ago"

    "This land was settled by Germans"

  • 10. come to rest

  • 11. become clear by the sinking of particles;

    "the liquid gradually settled"

  • 12. arrange or fix in the desired order;

    "She settled the teacart"

  • 13. accept despite complete satisfaction;

    "We settled for a lower price"

  • 14. end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement;

    "The two parties finally settled"

  • 15. dispose of; make a financial settlement

  • 16. cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)

  • 17. sink down or precipitate;

    "the mud subsides when the waters become calm"

  • 18. fix firmly;

    "He ensconced himself in the chair"

  • 19. get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury;

    "I finally settled with my old enemy"

  • 20. make final; put the last touches on; put into final form;

    "let's finalize the proposal"

  • 21. form a community;

    "The Swedes settled in Minnesota"

  • 22. come as if by falling;

    "Night fell"

    "Silence fell"

同义词辨析

decide, determine, resolve, settle

这些动词都含"决定"之意。

  • decide: 侧重指经过思考、比较、讨论或询问之后做出的决定。
  • determine: 指经过深思熟虑,决心去做某事并坚持施行。
  • resolve: 语气较强,强调以坚定不移的信念去做或不做某事,暗含有远大抱负和坚强决心。
  • settle: 指排除犹豫、怀疑和争论之后作出明确的最终结论。

dwell, reside, live, lodge, inhabit, settle

这些动词均有"居住,定居"之意。

  • dwell: 文学上的用词,口语中通常用live代替。
  • reside: 书面用词,指合法的永久性居住,也指在豪华的住宅里居住。
  • live: 最普通用词,指固定的居住,可以是长期的,也可以是临时的。
  • lodge: 指短时间或临时住宿。
  • inhabit: 强调人或动物居住在某个地区并已适应某种特殊环境。
  • settle: 侧重指某人定居于城市、国家或地区,而不指居住的住所。

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