settle的词语用法是:v.(动词)settle的基本意思是“安”。可指“安放”“安置”“安家”,即使某人〔事〕处于稳定、有序、长期的位置或某个稳定、清闲的环境中; 也可指“安定”“安抚”“安静”,即长期压在心头的烦恼或起伏不定的事物得到安定; 还可指“安排”“解决”,即终止所有的怀疑、动摇和争论而使事情得到解决。根据上文可灵活译成“妥善安置”。引申可指“安排,使妥帖”“决定,解决”“使平静,使镇定”“调停,排解”“设定,安牢”“使就职”“使坐下”“使守规矩,使就范”“使坚固,使坚实”“使澄清,使沉淀”“支付,清算”“(法律)让渡,和解”“(动物学)受孕,怀胎”。
settle的词语用法是:v.(动词)settle的基本意思是“安”。可指“安放”“安置”“安家”,即使某人〔事〕处于稳定、有序、长期的位置或某个稳定、清闲的环境中; 也可指“安定”“安抚”“安静”,即长期压在心头的烦恼或起伏不定的事物得到安定; 还可指“安排”“解决”,即终止所有的怀疑、动摇和争论而使事情得到解决。根据上文可灵活译成“妥善安置”。引申可指“安排,使妥帖”“决定,解决”“使平静,使镇定”“调停,排解”“设定,安牢”“使就职”“使坐下”“使守规矩,使就范”“使坚固,使坚实”“使澄清,使沉淀”“支付,清算”“(法律)让渡,和解”“(动物学)受孕,怀胎”。settle形容词:settleable;过去式:settled;过去分词:settled;现在分词:settling;第三人称单数:settles。settle【近义词】calm。
一、详尽释义点此查看settle的详细内容
二、双解释义
三、词典解释
1.解决,结束(争端、纠纷)
If peoplesettle an argument or problem, or if somethingsettles it, they solve it, for example by making a decision about who is right or about what to do.
e.g. They agreed to try tosettle their dispute by negotiation...
他们同意通过谈判来努力解决纠纷。
e.g. Both sides are looking for ways tosettle their differences...
双方都在寻求消除分歧的方法。
2.庭外和解
If peoplesettle a legal dispute or if theysettle, they agree to end the dispute without going to a court of law, for example by paying some money or by apologizing.
e.g. In an attempt tosettle the case, Molken has agreed to pay restitution...
为了争取庭外和解,莫尔肯同意赔款。
e.g. 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。
3.付清(欠款);结算(账单);结(账)
If yousettle a bill or debt, you pay the amount that you owe.
settle什么意思
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
4.决定;确定;安排好
If somethingis settled, it has all been decided and arranged.
e.g. As far as we're concerned, the matter is settled...
我们这边已经安排妥当了。
e.g. 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。
5.(以遗嘱等正式方式)赠予,授予
Tosettle moneyon someone means to formally give it to them, for example in a will.
e.g. She offered tosettle a legacy on Katharine.
她提出要把一笔遗产留给凯瑟琳。
6.在…定居;使定居;把…安置在
When peoplesettle a place or in a place, or when a governmentsettles them there, they start living there permanently.
e.g. Refugees settling in Britain suffer from a number of problems...
在英国定居的难民面临很多问题。
e.g. He visited Paris and eventually settled there...
他造访了巴黎,并最终在那儿定居下来。
7.(使)坐下;(使)处于舒适的位置
If yousettle yourself somewhere orsettle somewhere, you sit down or make yourself comfortable.
e.g. Albert settled himself on the sofa...
艾伯特舒舒服服地坐在沙发上。
e.g. 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。
8.(使)缓慢沉落;(使)逐渐下陷
If somethingsettles or if yousettle it, it sinks slowly down and becomes still.
settle
e.g. A black dust settled on the walls...
墙上落了一层黑色的粉尘。
e.g. 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。
9.(目光)落在…上,注视着
If your eyessettle on orupon something, you stop looking around and look at that thing for some time.
e.g. The man let his eyessettle upon Cross's face.
那名男子的目光落在了克罗斯的脸上。
10.(鸟、昆虫)降落,栖息
When birds or insectssettle on something, they land on it from above.
e.g. 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。
11. see also: settled
12. when the dust settles -> see dust
tosettle a score -> see score
相关词组:settle downsettle forsettle insettle onsettle up
四、例句
If you pay for both of us now, we can settle up later.
你要是现在先付清咱们两人的帐,事后咱们俩再细算。
An official mission was sent to settle the dispute.
一个官方使团被派去解决争端。
The two companies settled out of court.
两家公司在法院外了结了争端。
They moved the local people and settle them in another place.
他们把当地人迁移到别处定居。
He's of an age when he ought to settle down.
他已经到了应该安顿下来的年龄了。
The thunderstorm may settle the weather.
这场雷暴过后天气可能反而好些。
五、词汇搭配
六、经典引文
When you're settling the room after breakfast.
出自:A. TrollopeWith great care..settled it into the breastpocket of his shirt.
出自:J. AgeeMrs. Garland settled her bonnet.
出自:A. Uttley七、常见错误
误 Both sides settled the problem at last.
正 Both sides solved the problem at last.
析 表示“解决问题”,通常要说solve a problem,其中 solve 不能改用settle。 settle的宾语通常可以是 dispute(争执), affair(事务), matter(事情), argument(争论), quarrel(争吵)等。
她安稳地坐下来看书。误 She settled down reading her book.
正 She settled down to read her book.
析 表示“安稳地坐下来做某事”可用settle down to- v 的结构。 settle down后面跟动词不定式,不跟动词的现在分词形式。
我们安下心来讨论英语俚语的用法。误 We settled down for a quiet discussion of English slang.
正 We settled down to a quiet discussion of English slang.
析 表示“安下心来做某事”时settle down后可接动词不定式,还可接由介词to引起的短语。to不可换为for。
settle的相关近义词
calm、decide、determine、establish、fix、quieten、resolve
settle的相关反义词
settle的相关临近词
settlement、Settings、settled、settle in、settledly、settle up、settle to、settle on、settle out、settle for、settledown、settleable