settle是什么意思？

settle

英[ˈsetl] 美[ˈsɛtl]

• vt. 解决，安排，使定居，使沉淀；
• vi. 下沉，定居；
• n. 高背长靠椅；

复数：settles;

第三人称单数：settles;

过去式：settled;

过去分词：settled;

现在分词：settling;

例句

• You had better settle yourself down and start working. 你最好安下心来工作。
• The lecturer tried to settle the audience down. 那位演讲者试图让听众静下来。
• He should get a house and settle down. 他应该买幢房子安定下来。
• They signed a treaty to settle all border disputes by arbitration. 他们通过仲裁签订了解决所有边境争端的条约。
• We have to settle the gas bill. 我们得付煤气费。
• And a word from him would settle everything. 只要他说一句话, 一切问题就解决了。
• She has decided how she should settle the matter. 她已做出决定如何来了解这件事。
• The contents of the packet may settle down in travelling. 袋里的东西在旅行中会沉到底部。
• The organization aims to settle newcomers down in the city. 该组织旨在帮助新来的人在这座城市安家落户。
• The problems are impossible to settle. 解决这些问题是不可能的。

同义词解析

• 以下这些动词都包含 "决定" 的意思
  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。
• 以下这些动词均有"居住，定居" 的意思
  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。

词组

• settle one's affairs(或estate)
  make any necessary arrangements, such as writing a will, before one's death 安排后事
• settle someone's hash
• settle down
  To begin living a stable and orderly life 安顿下来：过稳定有序的生活 To become less nervous or restless. 平静：变得不紧张或安静
• settle for
  To accept in spite of incomplete satisfaction 勉强接受：尽管不完全满意也能接受

英语四级真题

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

英语六级真题

Where does the butterfly settle at the end of the migration?
出自-2014年6月听力原文
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
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

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  解决，结束(争端、纠纷)
  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.
  例句
  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。
• VERB
  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.
  例句
  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。
• VERB
  付清(欠款);结算(账单);结(账)
  If you settle a bill or debt, you pay the amount that you owe.
  例句
  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。
• VERB
  决定;确定;安排好
  If something is settled, it has all been decided and arranged.
  例句
  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。
• VERB
  (以遗嘱等正式方式)赠予,授予
  To settle money on someone means to formally give it to them, for example in a will.
  例句
  She offered to settle a legacy on Katharine. 她提出要把一笔遗产留给凯瑟琳。
• V-ERG
  在…定居;使定居;把…安置在
  When people settle a place or in a place, or when a government settles them there, they start living there permanently.
  例句
  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。
• VERB
  (使)坐下;(使)处于舒适的位置
  If you settle yourself somewhere or settle somewhere, you sit down or make yourself comfortable.
  例句
  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。
• V-ERG
  (使)缓慢沉落;(使)逐渐下陷
  If something settles or if you settle it, it sinks slowly down and becomes still.
  例句
  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。
• VERB
  (目光)落在…上，注视着
  If your eyes settle on or upon something, you stop looking around and look at that thing for some time.
  例句
  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。
• VERB
  (鸟、昆虫)降落，栖息
  When birds or insects settle on something, they land on it from above.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• vt. & vi.
  安排; 安放; 安家, 定居
  Their ancestry settled the land in 1856. 他们的祖辈1856年在这块土地上定居下来。
  (使)安定
  The city settled when the rebels left. 叛乱分子离开后, 这个城市平静下来了。 The music will settle my disordered brain. 音乐会使我纷乱的思绪得到安定。 The nurse settled her patient for the night. 那位护士使她的病人安静过夜。
• vt.
  解决; 决定; 调停
  She has decided how she should settle the matter. 她已做出决定如何来了解这件事。 And a word from him would settle everything. 只要他说一句话, 一切问题就解决了。
  支付, 结算
  The account is not yet settled. 这笔账尚未付清。 We have to settle the gas bill. 我们得付煤气费。

英英词典释义

• 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"

行业词典

• 计算机： 【动】稳定，固定；调整，调度；