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；

变形

复数：settles过去式：settled过去分词：settled现在分词：settling第三人称单数：settles

双语释义

v.(动词)

1. vt. & vi. 安排,安放; 安家,定居 arrange; fix up; go and live (in)
2. vt. 解决,调停 solve; mediate; intervene
3. vt. 支付,结算pay
4. vt. & vi. (使)安定 (cause to) stabilize; (cause to) maintain
5. vi. (鸟等)飞落 (the birds, etc.) fly to somewhere

英英释义

settle[ 'setl ]

• n.a long wooden bench with a back

  同义词：settee

• v.
  • settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground

    "dust settled on the roofs"

    同义词：settle down

  • bring to an end; settle conclusively

    同义词：decideresolveadjudicate

  • settle conclusively; come to terms

    "We finally settled the argument"

    同义词：square offsquare updetermine

  • take up residence and become established

    "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"

    同义词：locate

  • come to terms

    同义词：reconcilepatch upmake upconciliate

  • go under,

    同义词：sinkgo downgo under

  • become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style

    "He finally settled down"

    同义词：roottake rootsteady downsettle down

  • become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet

    "The roar settled to a thunder"; "The wind settled in the West"; "A cough settled in her chest"; "Her mood settled into lethargy"

  • establish or develop as a residence

    "He settled the farm 200 years ago"; "This land was settled by Germans"

  • come to rest
  • become clear by the sinking of particles

    "the liquid gradually settled"

  • arrange or fix in the desired order

    "She settled the teacart"

  • accept despite complete satisfaction

    "We settled for a lower price"

  • end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement

    "The two parties finally settled"

  • dispose of; make a financial settlement
  • cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
  • sink down or precipitate

    同义词：subside

  • fix firmly

    同义词：ensconce

  • get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury

    "I finally settled with my old enemy"

    同义词：get back

  • make final; put the last touches on; put into final form

    同义词：finalizefinalisenail down

  • form a community

    "The Swedes settled in Minnesota"

  • come as if by falling

    同义词：falldescend

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

• settle a claim结清债务
• settle a conflict调停冲突
• settle a date确定日期
• settle a dispute排解纠纷
• settle a doubt消除疑虑
• settle a question解决问题
• settle a waver使犹豫不决的人下决心
• settle accounts结账,清算,挽回面子
• settle bill偿清欠款
• settle differences解决分歧
• settle difficulties解决困难
• settle hash征服或使某人归顺
• settle matter解决事情
• settle one's affairs(在遗嘱中)安排自己的后事
• settle one's debt还账
• settle quarrels解决争议
• settle state affairs处理国家大事
• settle the boundary确定边界
• settle the score挽回面子
• settle the successor确定继承人

～+副词

• settle admirably极好地安排
• settle amicably友好地安排
• settle annually每年一次地支付
• settle artistically富有艺术创造力地安排
• settle beautifully美妙地安排
• settle becomingly适当地安排
• settle carefully小心地安排
• settle cheerfully兴高采烈地支付
• settle cleverly巧妙地安排
• settle clumsily拙劣地安排
• settle complexly复杂地安排
• settle confidentially机密地安排
• settle conscientiously诚心诚意地支付
• settle contentedly心满意足地解决
• settle courteously有礼貌地支付
• settle crudely粗俗地安排
• settle curiously不寻常地支付
• settle dramatically不寻常地安排
• settle delicately灵敏地安排
• settle efficiently有效地安排
• settle elaborately详尽地安排
• settle exorbitantly极其过分地支付
• settle exquisitely精美地安排
• settle extemporaneously临时支付
• settle felicitously恰当地安排
• settle finally最后地安排
• settle freely随意支付
• settle geographically依据地形安排
• settle grudgingly勉强支付
• settle handsomely慷慨支付
• settle harmoniously和谐地安排
• settle hideously令人惊骇地安排
• settle ideally完美地安排
• settle immediately立即安排
• settle incautiously轻易支付
• settle incessantly不断支付
• settle indiscriminately不加区分地支付
• settle ingeniously巧妙地支付
• settle irrelevantly不相关地支付
• settle logically情理之中地支付
• settle mechanically习惯性地安排
• settle methodically有条理地安排
• settle moderately适度地支付
• settle neatly干净利落地安排
• settle obviously显而易见地安排
• settle ostensibly表面上地安排
• settle painfully痛苦地安排
• settle peacefully和平解决
• settle previously事先安排
• settle privately私下解决
• settle punctually准时支付
• settle regularly定期地支付
• settle reluctantly勉强支付
• settle satisfactorily满意地安排
• settle sensibly合理地安排
• settle systematically有系统地安排
• settle unconditionally无条件支付
• settle unhappily不愉快地支付
• settle unhesitatingly毫不犹豫地支付
• settle unkindly非善意地支付
• settle unnecessarily不必要地支付
• settle unreservedly爽快地支付
• settle untimely不及时支付
• settle down定居,安家,过安定的生活; 平静下来,(夜色)降临
• settle down the excitement让激动情绪平息下来
• settle the audience down使听众安静下来
• settle up解决,还清欠款
• settle up a dispute解决争端

～+副词+介词

• settle down to a bachelor life安于独身生活
• settle down to a new job渐渐习惯于新的工作
• settle down to dinner坐下来吃饭
• settle down to studies安下心来学习
• settle up with the waiter和服务员结账
• settle out of court庭外解决

～+介词

• settle at a small town定居于小城镇
• settle for勉强接受,愿意
• settle for such a quiet life忍受这样平静的生活
• settle for this simple life愿过这种简朴的生活
• settle in定居在,坐在…里
• settle in Canada定居加拿大
• settle in the country在农村落户
• settle into稳定成为
• settle into shape有头绪
• settle into sleep慢慢地进入梦乡
• settle on停在,决定
• settle on a place for vacation决定去度假的地方
• settle on the furniture在家具上积聚
• settle on the land(鸟等)飞到地上来
• settle to安心于

词组短语

settle down定居；安定下来；专心于

settle in v. 迁入

settle for满足于

settle on选定；授与；停在

settle into习惯于...

settle with与…清算；和…和解

settle up付清；了结；结帐

settle an account结算

settle dispute解决争端；解决争议

settle account结帐

更多收起词组短语

同近义词辨析

decide, resolve, determine, settle

这组词都有“决定”的意思，其区别是：

decide侧重指经过思考、比较、讨论或询问之后做出的决定。

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。

determine指经过深思熟虑，决心去做某事并坚持施行。

settle指排除犹豫、怀疑和争论之后作出明确的最终结论。

dwell, inhabit, reside, settle, lodge, live

这组词都有“居住、定居”的意思，其区别是：

dwell文学上的用词，口语中通常用live代替。

inhabit强调人或动物居住在某个地区并已适应某种特殊环境。

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。

settle侧重指某人定居于城市、国家或地区，而不指居住的住所。

lodge指短时间或临时住宿。

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。

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

1. 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。
2. An official mission was sent to settle the dispute.
   一个官方使团被派去解决争端。
3. The two companies settled out of court.
   两家公司在法院外了结了争端。
4. They moved the local people and settle them in another place.
   他们把当地人迁移到别处定居。
5. 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。
6. The thunderstorm may settle the weather.
   这场雷暴过后天气可能反而好些。

权威例句

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