settle
美 [?set(?)l]
英 ['set(?)l] 
- v.定居;結算;停留;確定
- n.高背長椅(老式木家具,有扶手,座下多帶柜)
- 網(wǎng)絡解決;安家;安排
詞形變化
復數(shù):settles 現(xiàn)在分詞:settling 過去式:settled 反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
結束紛爭end argument
1. | [t][i] ~ (sth) 結束(爭論、爭端等);解決(分歧、糾紛等)to put an end to an argument or a disagreement |
| to settle a dispute/an argument/a matter 解決爭端╱爭論╱事情 |
| It's time you settled your differences with your father. 現(xiàn)在你該解決同你父親之間的分歧了。 |
| There is pressure on the unions to settle. 工會組織面臨消除紛爭的壓力。 |
| The company has agreed to settle out of court(= come to an agreement without going to court) . 那家公司同意庭外和解。 |
決定;安排decide/arrange
2. | [t][oftpass] (最終)決定,確定,安排好to decide or arrange sth finally |
| It's all settled ─we're leaving on the nine o'clock plane. 一切都定下來了,我們乘九點的航班走。 |
| Bob will be there? That settles it . I'm not coming. 鮑勃會去嗎?那好,我就不去了。 |
| 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處理好才能回家。 |
| It's been settled that we leave on the nine o'clock plane. 已經(jīng)定好我們乘坐九點的航班離開。 |
選擇永久住地choose permanent home
3. | [i] + adv./prep. 定居to make a place your permanent home |
| She settled in Vienna after her father's death. 父親死后,她就在維也納定居了。 |
4. | [t][usupass][i] ~ sth.+ adv./prep. 殖民;作為移民在殖民地定居to make your permanent home in a country or an area as colonists |
| This region was settled by the Dutch in the nineteenth century. 荷蘭人于十九世紀來到這一地區(qū)定居。 |
進入舒適的位置╱狀態(tài)into comfortable position/state
5. | [i][t] 使處于舒適的位置to make yourself or sb else comfortable in a new position |
| Ellie settled back in her seat. 埃利舒適地靠著椅背坐下。 |
| He settled himself comfortably in his usual chair. 他在自己慣常坐的椅子上舒舒服服地坐下來。 |
| I settled her on the sofa and put a blanket over her. 我把她放在沙發(fā)上安頓好,給她蓋了一條毯子。 |
6. | [t] ~ sth + adv./prep. 把…放好;安放to put sth carefully in a position so that it does not move |
| She settled the blanket around her knees. 她用毯子裹住膝蓋。 |
7. | [i][t] (使)平靜下來,安靜下來,定下心來to become or make sb/sth become calm or relaxed |
| The baby wouldn't settle. 嬰兒安靜不下來。 |
| I took a pill to help settle my nerves. 我吃了一片藥,好鎮(zhèn)定一下神經(jīng)。 |
| This should settle your stomach. 這樣你的胃應該就不難受了。 |
停留come to rest
8. | [i] ~ (on/over sth) 降落;停留to fall from above and come to rest on sth; to stay for some time on sth |
| Dust had settled on everything. 到處落滿灰塵。 |
| Two birds settled on the fence. 兩只鳥落在籬笆上。 |
| I don't think the snow will settle(= remain on the ground without melting) . 我看這雪存不住。 |
| His gaze settled on her face. 他的目光落在她臉上。 |
沉降sink down
9. | [i][t] ~ (sth) (使)沉降,下陷,變得密實to sink slowly down; to make sth do this |
| The contents of the package may have settled in transit. 包裹里的東西可能在運輸途中搖密實了。 |
付錢pay money
10. | [t][i] 付清(欠款);結算;結賬to pay the money that you owe |
| Please settle your bill before leaving the hotel. 請您先結賬再離開旅館。 |
| The insurance company is refusing to settle her claim. 保險公司拒付她提出的索賠款項。 |
| Let me settle with you for the meal. 我來把飯費付給你。 |
| I'll pay now─we can settle up later. 現(xiàn)在我來付賬,咱們以后再算。 |
1. | 高背長椅(老式木家具,有扶手,座下多帶柜)an old-fashioned piece of furniture with a long wooden seat and a high back and arms, often also with a box for storing things under the seat |
習慣用語
settle a score/an account (with sb)|settle an old score
(和某人)算賬,清算舊賬;報復(某人)to hurt or punish sb who has harmed or cheated you in the past
| ‘Who would do such a thing?’ ‘Maybe someone with an old score to settle.’ “誰做得出這樣的事呢?”“也許是結有宿怨的人吧。” |
英漢解釋
v. | 1. 安排;使妥貼;使安定,處理好,辦好;決定;解決,確定 |
n. | |
英英解釋
例句
The agreement is often held up as a model to economically troubled countries for how to settle outstanding debts.
處理如何支付未完成債務,這個協(xié)議經(jīng)常被陷入經(jīng)濟困境的國家所引用。
I'm glad that I made the right choice. People must have dreams. Even if it's not close within reach, do not give up or settle with reality.
我也慶幸自己做了對的決定,所以人還是要有夢想,就算眼前沒辦法達成,也不要放棄或接受了現(xiàn)實的安排。
Please relax and focus on your breath. Allow your breathing to slow down and gently settle into a gentle and rhythmic breathing.
請放松而且把焦點集中在你的呼吸上。讓你的呼緩減慢而且逐漸地進入柔和有規(guī)律旋律呼吸之內。
In Tokyo Mr Obama and Mr Hatoyama promised to "move expeditiously" to settle the matter.
在東京,兩位元首承諾將“加緊行動”解決此事。
We have decided to settle the matter once and for all.
我們決定一勞永逸地解決這個問題。
Some of the children of these immigrants moved away from their old neighborhoods to settle in various parts of the United States.
這些移民的后代則離開了他們原來的居住地散住在美國各地。
Let me take a run at that and see if the effort helps settle the crash-versus-soft-landing debate. Or at least moves it along a bit.
就讓我來做這個工作吧,看看能否有助于平息泡沫破裂和軟著陸的爭論,或者至少讓大家看的更清楚一些。
I think it's only correct that he gets a little bit of time to bed in and settle down and he's had that now.
我想對他來說唯一正確的事是好好睡一覺并安頓下來,而他現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)搞定了。
He never seems to settle on any particular girl.
他似乎永遠不會停下來在任何一個女孩身邊。
People familiar with the matter say Goldman was given no opportunity to settle before the complaint was announced last Friday.
知情人士表示,證交會上周五宣布起訴前,并沒有給高盛任何機會來達成和解。
Dalglish accepts there will be some movement in and out but he will not settle for anything less than the best in terms of new arrivals.
加下必有轉會運作,但是在新援方面也不會勉強同意非最好的球員加盟!
where I could again settle down and enjoy all that I had brought back with me.
在巴格達我又可以安定下來,享受我隨身帶回來的種種寶物。
When she came to say goodbye, the family asked her to settle an argument they'd been having over exactly what advice she had given.
當她來道別時,(那)家人請她就不斷以來懸而未決的爭論給出一個倡議。
When can just stop, stop well rest, do not go troubling these things? sentence the way that did not settle?
什么時候才能停下來,停下來好好的休息,不去煩惱這些事情啊?難道句沒有解決的辦法嗎?
Rebecca is very realities to the love. Because of losing her mother when she was a child, there's no one who can settle the wedding for her.
利蓓加對“愛情”是非常實際的,由于從小失去了母親,沒人替她張羅婚事,于是,她“要做自己的媽媽”,親自出馬去選擇丈夫。
"Come off it, Brod, " Luke was beginning ready to settle down to a good harsh scientific argument.
“別來這一手啦,布洛德,”盧克開始這么說,他準備要著手好好進行一番真刀真槍的科學辯論。
Now, as the dust begins to settle, I can't help wondering how all this might affect London in the long run.
現(xiàn)在,隨著事情漸漸地水落石出,我開始考慮,這次的事件會給倫敦帶來什么樣的影響。
If it is possible to be a good defender and good rebounder without toughness, then the Lakers should settle for rebounders and defenders.
如果打得不強悍都能成為防守出色的籃板捍衛(wèi)者的話,那湖人的當務之急就是解決二次籃板和整體防守的問題。
I tried to get her to settle down and eventually got her to stop crying.
我試著讓她平靜下來,終于使她停止了哭泣。
The next day, Salla began to take stock of her life, and thought it was time to settle down.
第二天,薩拉思量自己的一生,覺得是時候安頓下來了。
They decided to drop the charges against the newspaper and settle out of court.
他們已決定撤銷對那家報紙的指控,在庭外和解。
So many different ideas are milling about in my head, but I can't settle down to work on any one of them.
我腦中浮現(xiàn)出很多不同的想法,但我卻不能確定其中任何一個來付諸行動。
We can now settle the question of "division" .
我們現(xiàn)在能夠解決除法問題
He would have to settle him.
他不得不把他收拾掉。
Putting yourself in other people's position is an effective way to settle conflicts.
換位思考是一種解決沖突的有效方式。
The thunderstorm will perhaps settle the weather.
大雷雨可能使天氣穩(wěn)定下來。
It seems impossible to settle these disputes left over by history.
解決這些歷史遺留下來的爭端似乎是不可能的。
Our men some of them-might even settle here.
我們之中有幾個人很想在這里安家。
I came to settle quarrels, not to fight them.
我是要來平息爭端,不是挑起爭端。
There's an easy way to settle it.
現(xiàn)在倒有一個保險的辦法。
Shaking the bag makes the sugar settle slightly.
搖動一下兜子,糖就一點點地沉到衣下了。
In their day scientific knowledge was insufficient to settle the matter.
在他們的時代,科學知識還不能足以解決這些問題。
I'm trying to set myself up so that in a couple of years, if I decide to settle down and have a family, I can.
我正在做準備,以便在未來幾年中,當我決定安頓下來生養(yǎng)孩子時,我就可以那么去做了。
Because stopping and starting, he would not be able to settle his mind to move in along.
他之所以需要不停地走,是因為停停走走,他就弄不清大致的方向了。
He did the same job with me as I will try to do with him to help him settle quickly. I am here to help him.
現(xiàn)在他和我當初一樣,我將幫助他盡快適應。
It has been very easy to settle here also, because all my teammates, with Thuram as leader, have helped me to acclimatise very quickly.
適應這里的環(huán)境非常簡單,而且,有許多隊友在身邊,圖拉姆就像隊長一樣幫助我迅速融入了尤文。
It was only the eighth day of her married life, but she ardently wished to settle down and satisfy all her anticipations.
她的結婚生活才只有八天,她就強烈地想要平靜下來,滿足她所有的期望。
Settle down That afternoon in the train the cousins settled down in their seats .
那天下午,這對表姐妹在火車上落了座。
Oh, so it's just a question of waiting for those neurons to settle?
哦,那么只用等那些神經(jīng)元自行安頓好就行了?
This month you seem to be on a mission to settle debts, raise capital, and reorganize your savings and investments.
本月,你將面臨著解決債務、籌集資金、重組儲蓄和投資的任務。
Imagine a bunch of health nuts in a nonsmoking 'facility' still trying to settle their debts with cigarettes. That's gold.
想像一下,在一個禁煙的機構里,一群健康的怪人仍然試圖用香煙解決他們的債務問題,那就是黃金。
And all you to do is sort of settle yourself in and write it out.
你們所要做的就是讓自己適應這個過程然后寫出來。
As he thought, the day grew warmer and the flies began to settle on his legs and tickle his bare feet.
他正在遐想的時候,天熱起來了,蒼蠅開始朝他腿上落,叮他的光腳丫。
Perhaps he knew that Archippus had a tendency to settle down in comfort and to take things easy.
也許他知道亞基布容易流于安逸和處事輕忽。
Give him just a little time to settle in England, on and off the pitch, and he will be a sensational player.
給他在英格蘭適應的時間,無論子啊場上還是在場下,他將會是一個不可思議的球員。
In an uncharacteristic move, airline-industry regulators in Beijing said they would allow China Eastern's shareholders to settle the matter.
北京航空界監(jiān)督機構異乎尋常地表示他們將允許東航的股東解決此事。
I sincerely hope that you will settle the matter to your mutual satisfaction.
我衷心希望.你們將這件事情解決至雙方都滿意。
He has been known to force his way inside or to settle for a three-point shot instead of making the extra pass.
大家都知道他經(jīng)常選擇強行突破內線或者沒道理的丟三分而不是選擇傳球。
Drink chamomile tea with ginger before going to bed to aid and settle your digestive system. Warm milk can be a sleep aid as well.
睡前喝點甘菊茶,加一點生姜,可以幫助平復消化系統(tǒng)。溫牛奶也可以幫助睡眠。
My husband would not be back until late and I had decided to settle down in a comfortable armchair in the living-room and read a book.
我丈夫要很晚才回來,我決定在客廳里舒服得沙發(fā)上坐下看看書。
This time next year will be a better time to judge them after they've had a bit of time to settle in and get to know each other better.
等到明年他們穩(wěn)定搭配出場,并且彼此知根知底以后,我們就能對這對組合做一個完整的評價了。