settle
[VERB]
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。
PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
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
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
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。
VERB. 动词
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