settle，英語單詞，主要用作為動詞、名詞，作動詞時譯為“vi. 解決；定居；沉澱；下陷；vt. 解決；安排；使…定居”；作名詞時譯為“有背長椅”。
基本介紹
- 外文名：settle
- 詞性：動詞、名詞
- 英式讀音：[ˈsetl]
- 美式讀音：[ˈsetl]
單詞用法,詞語要點,詞組短語,雙語例句,
單詞用法
根據《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典 》：
- V-T 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. 解決 (糾紛、問題等)
- V-T/V-I 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. (庭外) 和解
- V-T/V-I If you settle a bill or debt, you pay the amount that you owe. 結算; 算清
- V-T If something is settled, it has all been decided and arranged. 確定 [usu passive]
- V-T/V-I When people settle a place or in a place, or when a government settles them there, they start living there permanently. 定居於; 使定居; 定居
- V-T/V-I If you settle yourself somewhere or settle somewhere, you sit down or make yourself comfortable. 安頓; 安坐
- V-T/V-I If something settles or if you settle it, it sinks slowly down and becomes still. 使沉降; 沉降
- V-I If your eyes settle on or upon something, you stop looking around and look at that thing for some time. (目光) 停留
- V-I When birds or insects settle on something, they land on it from above. (鳥類或昆蟲) 飛落; 棲息
- N a seat, for two or more people, usually made of wood with a high back and arms, and sometimes having a storage space in the boxlike seat 高背長靠椅
- → see also settled
- when the dust settles →see dust
- to settle a score →see score
詞語要點
1.settle的基本意思是安。可指安放安置安家,即使某人〔事〕處於穩定、有序、長期的位置或某個穩定、清閒的環境中; 也可指安定安撫安靜,即長期壓在心頭的煩惱或起伏不定的事物得到安定; 還可指安排解決,即終止所有的懷疑、動搖和爭論而使事情得到解決。根據上文可靈活譯成妥善安置。引申可指安排,使妥帖決定,解決使平靜,使鎮定調停,排解設定,安牢使就職使坐下使守規矩,使就範使堅固,使堅實使澄清,使沉澱支付,清算(法律)讓渡,和解(動物學)受孕,懷胎。
2.settle既可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,可接名詞、代詞、帶或不帶疑問詞的動詞不定式或that/wh-從句作賓語。
3.settle可用於被動結構。
詞組短語
settle down 定居；安定下來；專心於
settle in v. 遷入
settle for 滿足於
settle on 選定；授予；停在
settle into 習慣於...
settle with 與…清算；和…和解
settle up 付清；了結；結賬
settle an account 結算
settle dispute 解決爭端；解決爭議
settle account 結賬
雙語例句
- 1It's time to settle this mano-a-mano.現在是當面解決這個問題的時候了。《牛津詞典》
- 2She had decided to settle permanently in France.她已經決定永久定居法國。《牛津詞典》
- 3The management have made no move to settle the strike.資方沒有採取任何措施來解決罷工問題。《牛津詞典》
- 4They agreed to try to settle their dispute by negotiation.他們同意儘量通過談判解決他們之間的糾紛。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
- 5Both sides committed themselves to settle the dispute peacefully.雙方承諾和平解決爭端。《牛津詞典》
- 6Attempts are being made to settle the dispute by diplomatic means.正在努力通過外交途徑解決爭端。《牛津詞典》
- 7"We want to settle all matters at the negotiating table," he said.“我們要在談判桌上解決所有問題，”他說。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
- 8It enabled its members to settle their differences without recourse to war.它使其成員不必訴諸戰爭來解決他們的分歧。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
- 9A conciliation service helps to settle disputes between employers and workers.調解機構幫助解決勞資糾紛。《牛津詞典》
- 10Children would settle disputes by trading punches or insults in the schoolyard.孩子們通過在校園裡打架或對罵來解決爭端。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
- 11The rival guerrilla groups had agreed to stop fighting and settle their differences peaceably.反對派游擊組織同意停戰，以和平的方式解決爭端。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
- 12What you do for a living is critical to where you settle and how you live – and the converse is also true.你的工作決定你在哪裡定居和怎樣生活–反之亦然。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
- 13Tomorrow we'll settle matters.明天我們來解決問題。
- 14This should settle your stomach.這樣你的胃應該就不難受了。《牛津詞典》
- 15The baby wouldn't settle.嬰兒安靜不下來。《牛津詞典》
- 16Let me settle with you for the meal.我來把飯費付給你。《牛津詞典》
- 17I'll pay now—we can settle up later.現在我來付賬—咱們以後再算。《牛津詞典》
- 18I took a pill to help settle my nerves.我吃了一片藥，好放鬆一下神經。《牛津詞典》
- 19He found it hard to settle to his work.他覺得定不下心來工作。《牛津詞典》
- 20We need to settle this once and for all.我們需要把這事一次解決。《牛津詞典》
- 21In the end they had to settle for a draw.最後，他們只好接受平局的結果。《牛津詞典》
- 22We have some unfinished business to settle.我們還有些沒做完的事要處理。《牛津詞典》
- 23The man let his eyes settle upon Blume's face.那個人讓自己的目光落在了布盧姆的臉上。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
- 24I'll have to settle up what I owe for the phone.我得付清所欠的電話費。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
- 25When are you going to get married and settle down?你打算什麼時候成家，安定下來？《牛津詞典》
- 26One day I'll want to settle down and have a family.總有一天我會想安頓下來，成個家。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
- 27They refused to settle for a promise of jam tomorrow.他們並不滿足於那些美好未來的空話。《牛津詞典》
- 28The insurance company is refusing to settle her claim.保險公司拒付她提出的索賠款項。《牛津詞典》
- 29He took a long time to settle in to big-time football.他花了很長時間才在第一流的足球運動中立足。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
