settle

settle

美 [ˈset(ə)l] 　英 ['set(ə)l]

  • v.定居；结算；停留；确定
  • n.高背长椅（老式木家具，有扶手，座下多带柜）
  • 网络解决；安家；安排

词形变化

复数：settles  现在分词：settling  过去式：settled  

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英汉双解

v.
结束纷争end argument
1.
[t][i]
~ (sth)
结束（争论、争端等）；解决（分歧、纠纷等）to put an end to an argument or a disagreement
to settle a dispute/an argument/a matter
解决争端╱争论╱事情
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。
There is pressure on the unions to settle.
工会组织面临消除纷争的压力。
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。
决定；安排decide/arrange
2.
[t][oftpass]
（最终）决定，确定，安排好to decide or arrange sth finally
It's all settled ─we're leaving on the nine o'clock plane.
一切都定下来了，我们乘九点的航班走。
Bob will be there? That settles it . I'm not coming.
鲍勃会去吗？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处理好才能回家。
It's been settled that we leave on the nine o'clock plane.
已经定好我们乘坐九点的航班离开。
选择永久住地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.
父亲死后，她就在维也纳定居了。
4.
[t][usupass][i]
~ sth.+ adv./prep.
殖民；作为移民在殖民地定居to make your permanent home in a country or an area as colonists
This region was settled by the Dutch in the nineteenth century.
荷兰人于十九世纪来到这一地区定居。
进入舒适的位置╱状态into comfortable position/state
5.
[i][t]
使处于舒适的位置to make yourself or sb else comfortable in a new position
Ellie settled back in her seat.
埃利舒适地靠着椅背坐下。
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。
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。
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.
她用毯子裹住膝盖。
7.
[i][t]
（使）平静下来，安静下来，定下心来to become or make sb/sth become calm or relaxed
The baby wouldn't settle.
婴儿安静不下来。
I took a pill to help settle my nerves.
我吃了一片药，好镇定一下神经。
This should settle your stomach.
这样你的胃应该就不难受了。
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.
到处落满灰尘。
Two birds settled on the fence.
两只鸟落在篱笆上。
I don't think the snow will settle(= remain on the ground without melting) .
我看这雪存不住。
His gaze settled on her face.
他的目光落在她脸上。
沉降sink down
9.
[i][t]
~ (sth)
（使）沉降，下陷，变得密实to sink slowly down; to make sth do this
The contents of the package may have settled in transit.
包裹里的东西可能在运输途中摇密实了。
付钱pay money
10.
[t][i]
付清（欠款）；结算；结账to pay the money that you owe
Please settle your bill before leaving the hotel.
请您先结账再离开旅馆。
The insurance company is refusing to settle her claim.
保险公司拒付她提出的索赔款项。
Let me settle with you for the meal.
我来把饭费付给你。
I'll pay now─we can settle up later.
现在我来付账，咱们以后再算。
n.
1.
高背长椅（老式木家具，有扶手，座下多带柜）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

习惯用语

settle a score/an account (with sb)|settle an old score
（和某人）算账，清算旧账；报复（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.’
“谁做得出这样的事呢？”“也许是结有宿怨的人吧。”

英汉解释

v.
1.
安排;使妥贴;使安定,处理好,办好;决定;解决,确定
2.
使住定;安顿;使定居
3.
支付;清算;清偿;结清(款项,账目等)
4.
【法】指定;授与;让渡;和解
5.
使澄清;使沉淀;使降;【地】沉降
6.
调停;排解
7.
殖民(某地)
8.
使平静;使镇定
9.
设定;派定;安牢;放牢
10.
使就职
11.
使坐下
12.
使守规矩,使就范
13.
使坚固;使坚实;使地干硬
14.
赠予
15.
【动】使受孕
16.
了结;解决
17.
安家;成家;安居;定居;侨居
18.
偿付;清算;结算
19.
稳定;固定;平安;平静
20.
澄清;沉淀;下沉;沉降
21.
和解
22.
决定;确定
23.
栖息
24.
变坚固;变结实
25.
【动】受孕;怀胎
n.
1.
高背长靠椅

英英解释

v.
1.
to end an argument by making an agreement; to end a legal disagreement by the decision of a court or by making an agreement
2.
to go and live permanently in a particular place; to go to live in a place that does not have many people, and start to make it into a community
3.
if something such as dust, sand, or snow settles, it falls downward through the air or water until it reaches the ground or the bottom of something
4.
to pay all the money that you owe to a particular person or company
5.
to decide something definitely
6.
if the ground or a building settles, it gradually sinks down
7.
to deal with all the details of something so that no more needs to be done to it
8.
to make yourself or someone else comfortable and relaxed in a particular place or position
9.
to become calm after being upset, nervous, or excited, or to make someone do this; if your nerves or stomach settle or are settled, they become calm again after you have felt upset, nervous, or excited
10.
to begin to have an effect on someone or something
11.
to put something carefully in a place
12.
if your eyes settle on someone or something, you begin to look at them
13.
to stop flying and land in a particular place
n.
1.
a long wooden chair for two or three people that usually has a container under the seat for keeping things in

例句

The agreement is often held up as a model to economically troubled countries for how to settle outstanding debts.

处理如何支付未完成债务，这个协议经常被陷入经济困境的国家所引用。

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.

我也庆幸自己做了对的决定，所以人还是要有梦想，就算眼前没办法达成，也不要放弃或接受了现实的安排。

Please relax and focus on your breath. Allow your breathing to slow down and gently settle into a gentle and rhythmic breathing.

请放松而且把焦点集中在你的呼吸上。让你的呼缓减慢而且逐渐地进入柔和有规律旋律呼吸之内。

In Tokyo Mr Obama and Mr Hatoyama promised to "move expeditiously" to settle the matter.

在东京，两位元首承诺将“加紧行动”解决此事。

We have decided to settle the matter once and for all.

我们决定一劳永逸地解决这个问题。

Some of the children of these immigrants moved away from their old neighborhoods to settle in various parts of the United States.

这些移民的后代则离开了他们原来的居住地散住在美国各地。

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.

就让我来做这个工作吧，看看能否有助于平息泡沫破裂和软着陆的争论，或者至少让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.

我想对他来说唯一正确的事是好好睡一觉并安顿下来，而他现在已经搞定了。

He never seems to settle on any particular girl.

他似乎永远不会停下来在任何一个女孩身边。

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，证交会上周五宣布起诉前，并没有给高盛任何机会来达成和解。

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.

加下必有转会运作，但是在新援方面也不会勉强同意非最好的球员加盟！

where I could again settle down and enjoy all that I had brought back with me.

在巴格达我又可以安定下来，享受我随身带回来的种种宝物。

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.

当她来道别时，（那）家人请她就不断以来悬而未决的争论给出一个倡议。

When can just stop, stop well rest, do not go troubling these things? sentence the way that did not settle?

什么时候才能停下来，停下来好好的休息，不去烦恼这些事情啊？难道句没有解决的办法吗？

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.

利蓓加对“爱情”是非常实际的，由于从小失去了母亲，没人替她张罗婚事，于是，她“要做自己的妈妈”，亲自出马去选择丈夫。

"Come off it, Brod, " Luke was beginning ready to settle down to a good harsh scientific argument.

“别来这一手啦，布洛德，”卢克开始这么说，他准备要着手好好进行一番真刀真枪的科学辩论。

Now, as the dust begins to settle, I can't help wondering how all this might affect London in the long run.

现在，随着事情渐渐地水落石出，我开始考虑，这次的事件会给伦敦带来什么样的影响。

If it is possible to be a good defender and good rebounder without toughness, then the Lakers should settle for rebounders and defenders.

如果打得不强悍都能成为防守出色的篮板捍卫者的话，那湖人的当务之急就是解决二次篮板和整体防守的问题。

I tried to get her to settle down and eventually got her to stop crying.

我试着让她平静下来，终于使她停止了哭泣。

The next day, Salla began to take stock of her life, and thought it was time to settle down.

第二天，萨拉思量自己的一生，觉得是时候安顿下来了。

They decided to drop the charges against the newspaper and settle out of court.

他们已决定撤销对那家报纸的指控，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.

我脑中浮现出很多不同的想法，但我却不能确定其中任何一个来付诸行动。

We can now settle the question of "division" .

我们现在能够解决除法问题

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.

换位思考是一种解决冲突的有效方式。

The thunderstorm will perhaps settle the weather.

大雷雨可能使天气稳定下来。

It seems impossible to settle these disputes left over by history.

解决这些历史遗留下来的争端似乎是不可能的。

Our men some of them-might even settle here.

我们之中有几个人很想在这里安家。

I came to settle quarrels, not to fight them.

我是要来平息争端，不是挑起争端。

There's an easy way to settle it.

现在倒有一个保险的办法。

Shaking the bag makes the sugar settle slightly.

摇动一下兜子，糖就一点点地沉到衣下了。

In their day scientific knowledge was insufficient to settle the matter.

在他们的时代，科学知识还不能足以解决这些问题。

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.

我正在做准备，以便在未来几年中，当我决定安顿下来生养孩子时，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，是因为停停走走，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.

现在他和我当初一样，我将帮助他尽快适应。

It has been very easy to settle here also, because all my teammates, with Thuram as leader, have helped me to acclimatise very quickly.

适应这里的环境非常简单，而且，有许多队友在身边，图拉姆就像队长一样帮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.

她的结婚生活才只有八天，她就强烈地想要平静下来，满足她所有的期望。

Settle down That afternoon in the train the cousins settled down in their seats .

那天下午，这对表姐妹在火车上落了座。

Oh, so it's just a question of waiting for those neurons to settle?

哦，那么只用等那些神经元自行安顿好就行了？

This month you seem to be on a mission to settle debts, raise capital, and reorganize your savings and investments.

本月，你将面临着解决债务、筹集资金、重组储蓄和投资的任务。

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，在一个禁烟的机构里，一群健康的怪人仍然试图用香烟解决他们的债务问题，那就是黄金。

And all you to do is sort of settle yourself in and write it out.

你们所要做的就是让自己适应这个过程然后写出来。

As he thought, the day grew warmer and the flies began to settle on his legs and tickle his bare feet.

他正在遐想的时候，天热起来了，苍蝇开始朝他腿上落，叮他的光脚丫。

Perhaps he knew that Archippus had a tendency to settle down in comfort and to take things easy.

也许他知道亚基布容易流于安逸和处事轻忽。

Give him just a little time to settle in England, on and off the pitch, and he will be a sensational player.

给他在英格兰适应的时间，无论子啊场上还是在场下，他将会是一个不可思议的球员。

In an uncharacteristic move, airline-industry regulators in Beijing said they would allow China Eastern's shareholders to settle the matter.

北京航空界监督机构异乎寻常地表示他们将允许东航的股东解决此事。

I sincerely hope that you will settle the matter to your mutual satisfaction.

我衷心希望.你们将这件事情解决至双方都满意。

He has been known to force his way inside or to settle for a three-point shot instead of making the extra pass.

大家都知道他经常选择强行突破内线或者没道理的丢三分而不是选择传球。

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.

睡前喝点甘菊茶，加一点生姜，可以帮助平复消化系统。温牛奶也可以帮助睡眠。

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.

我丈夫要很晚才回来，我决定在客厅里舒服得沙发上坐下看看书。

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.

等到明年他们稳定搭配出场，并且彼此知根知底以后，我们就能对这对组合做一个完整的评价了。

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