英语释义

1. to place so as to stay

2. to establish in residence

3. to furnish with inhabitants colonize

4. to cause to pack down

5. to clarify by causing dregs or impurities to sink

6. to make quiet or orderly

7. to fix or resolve conclusively
settle the question

8. to establish or secure permanently
settle the order of royal succession

9. to conclude (a lawsuit) by agreement between parties usually out of court

10. to close (something, such as an account) by payment often of less than is due

11. to arrange in a desired position

12. to make or arrange for final disposition of
settled his affairs

13. impregnate

14. to come to rest

15. to sink gradually or to the bottom

16. to become clear by the deposit of sediment or scum

17. to become compact by sinking

18. to become fixed, resolved, or established
a cold settled in his chest

19. to establish a residence or colony
settled in Wisconsin —often used with down

20. to become quiet or orderly

21. to take up an ordered or stable life —often used with down
marry and settle down

22. to adjust differences or accounts

23. to come to a decision —used with on or upon
settled on a new plan

24. to conclude a lawsuit by agreement out of court

25. conceive

26. to be content with

27. to silence or subdue someone by decisive action

28. to remove or relieve the distress or nausea of indigestion

29. a wooden bench with arms, a high solid back, and an enclosed foundation which can be used as a chest

30. to end (something, such as an argument) by reaching an agreement

31. to make a final decision about (something)

32. to move to a place and make it your home

33. a long wooden bench with arms, a high solid back, and often with space under the seat which can be used to store things

34. to come to rest
Birds settled on a branch. Dust settled on the table.

35. to make a home
I'd like to settle in the country.

36. to make quiet calm
The tea settled my nerves.

37. decide sense 1
It's settled then—we'll each pay our own way.

38. to place so as to stay
I settled myself in a chair.

39. to sink gradually to a lower level
The foundations of the house settled.

40. to sink in a liquid

41. to give attention to
Settle down to work now.

42. to fix by agreement
They are hoping to settle the case out of court.

43. to put in order
They settled their affairs.

44. to complete payment on
Waiter, we're ready to settle our bill.

45. to bring to an end
They settled their argument.

46. to take up a stable life
You're not a kid anymore. It's time to settle down.

47. to be content with
He settled for his second choice.

48. a long wooden bench with arms and a high solid back

49. impregnate sense 1a

50. conceive

51. to resolve conclusively
settle a question of law

52. to establish or secure permanently
a settled legal principle

53. close
settle the sale of securities settle the estate

54. to resolve a disagreement about (a court order)
no hearing to consider these objections and to settle the order had been conducted
— Saba v. Gray, 314 N.W.2d 597 (1981)

55. to fix (a price) by mutual agreement

56. to conclude (a lawsuit) by entering into an agreement negotiated by the parties usually out of court

57. to close (as an account) by payment also to close by compromise and payment of less than the full amount claimed or due

58. to conclude a lawsuit by entering into an agreement
the plaintiff chose to settle out of court

59. to make a settlement of a transfer of funds

60. to adjust differences or accounts
settled with his creditors

片语

settle pay for结帐

settle for something勉强接受某事物

Never settle for less一本书

settle e for对…感到满足

Anti-settle agent for paint油漆防沉剂

Settle for Jumpers中投进攻

Settle For More不将就

settle for trade贸易结算

英汉例句

• Why settle for reality when you can augment it?

  当我们能增大化现实的时候，我们又为什么要满足于现实呢？

• Are you reliable? Do you complete your work in a timely manner and when promised? If not, most professionals will not settle for substandard for very long.

  你是可靠的人吗？你总是按你答应的及时完成工作吗？如果不是，大多数行家不会长期满足于你这种不达标的状态。

• We have to settle for evolving the code as best we can under the time constraints.

  我们必须在时间的限制之下尽最大努力来满足于改进编码。

• Don「t settle for anything less than exclusivity.

  不要满足于任何排他要求。

• While Vim users can enjoy perfection when working on code, config files, and the like, they have to settle for inferior shortcuts when using other programs - including Web browsers.

  尽管Vim用户对代码、配置文件等进行编辑时觉得相当不错，但他们在使用其他程序(包括浏览器)时，他们不得不满足于低等的所谓捷径。

• Such talk has had little effect on rebel leaders, who maintain they will not settle for anything less than Colonel Gadhafi」s departure.

  这种会谈对叛军领导人的影响很小。他们坚持说，不会接受卡扎菲下台之外的任何解决方案。

• For now, both President and Senate seem content to settle for the appearance of job creation rather than the thing itself.

  此刻，总统和参议院似乎满足于解决了创造就业的机会而不是事业本身。

• Brave Russians who still demand that their rulers face up to the awful past may feel let down if others settle for half-truths.

  勇敢的俄罗斯人，仍然在要求他们的统治者直视糟糕的过去，而其他人却满足于半真半假的事实，这可能会让他们觉得失望。

• Buyers would have less reason to settle for a used gas-powered vehicle when they could have a brand-new electric one for less.

  当消费者能够以更便宜的价格买一辆全新的电动车的时候，他们可能就不再仅仅满足于开一辆二手的烧汽油的车子了。

• I believe in all things being random and not ONE person has to settle for a situation, but can create it, and has the ability to change it.

  我相信所有事情都存在偶然性，没有一个人能做到百分百的掌控局面，不过我们可以去创造，并且有这个实力去改变境遇。

• No one should settle for boring work, but I can’t force people to want heart pumping awesome work.

  任何人都不应该满足于毫无乐趣而言的工作，但我也不能强迫人们对那些绝佳的工作怦然心动吧。

• When you don「t see your value and strengths, you live in constant fear of never being enough and therefore settle for less in life.

  当你看不清自己的价值和能力时，你会长期处于不足的恐慌中，并因此而满足于生活中的欠缺。

• They may have to hang up their ropes and carabiners and settle for rambles in the foothills.

  也许为了解决在山麓漫步的问题，他们不得不松开绳索和吊钩。

• Their creators didn」t settle for incremental change - slow, steady improvement - but instead radically changed the rules.

  它们的创造者解决的不是增量变化——缓慢、稳步提高——而是从根本上改变了规则。

• Most users settle for the standard as it is, even if it will be the final version ever produced.

  多数用户满足于标準的现状，仿佛生来就该如此一样。

• Does anyone think that China will settle for anything less?

  有人会认为中国将满足于次等的地位？

• Is there any reason to expect that Japan will settle for anything less?

  有什么理由指望日本满足于次等地位？

• Mr Obama seems to hope they will settle for a broad agreement on targets and triggers that would automatically cut spending and raise taxes if the targets are not met.

  而奥巴马先生似乎希望他们能够满足于先就目标和阈值(如目标未达到则自动削减开支和增加税收)达成大致共识。

• We will not settle for the 4-color brochure, for web sites chock-a-block with eye candy but lacking any substance.

  我们不会满足于单调的小册子，因为即使你们的网站很能吸引眼球，但缺乏实质性内容。

• And after a decade of sending overstretched armed forces to fight foreign wars, it must either provide them with adequate resources or settle for a more modest role in the world.

  在十年的过度派遣军事力量参加外国战争之后，下届政府要么为武装力量提供充足的资源要么满足于在世界中扮演一个谦虚的角色。

• If a professional grading system existed, executives would never settle for a D- in their careers.

  如果有专业的分级制度，经理人们永远不会满足于在职业生涯中获得D。

• Then I ask, ‘Do you think China will settle for anything less than being treated as equal?’

  接着我问，‘你认为中国会满足于任何事都不被平等对待么？’

• Feel like the absence of a bachelor「s degree on your resume is forcing you to settle for a second-rate job?

  感到履历里没有学士学位迫使你满足于一份二流工作？

• When it comes to creating and governing content, it」s easy to forget what we want, or even worse, to settle for less.

  当创作和管理内容时，我们很容易忘记什么是自己想要的，甚至更糟的是满足于眼前的成果。

• Injuries had hindered his performance. Fisher did a reality check: Instead of excellence, he would settle for survival.

  伤痛掩盖了他的成绩，他审视现实：既然不能追求战场上的卓绝，我只能满足于幸存下来。

• Even if you do settle for a high paying job just so you can buy things, it should be your decision.

  就算你真的为了一个高薪的工作安定下来以至你可以买这买那，这也是你的选择。

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