settle
v. 结束(分歧); 庭外和解; 结(账); (使)坐下; (使)沉降; 安排好; 定居; 注视着; 降落
n. 高背长椅
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.
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。
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.
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。
If you settle a bill or debt, you pay the amount that you owe.
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。
If something is settled, it has all been decided and arranged.
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。
To settle money on someone means to formally give it to them, for example in a will.
She offered to settle a legacy on Katharine.
她提出要把一笔遗产留给凯瑟琳。
When people settle a place or in a place, or when a government settles them there, they start living there permanently.
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。
If you settle yourself somewhere or settle somewhere, you sit down or make yourself comfortable.
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。
If something settles or if you settle it, it sinks slowly down and becomes still.
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。
If your eyes settle on or upon something, you stop looking around and look at that thing for some time.
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。
When birds or insects settle on something, they land on it from above.
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。
1. a long wooden bench with a back
1. settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground;
2. bring to an end; settle conclusively;
3. settle conclusively; come to terms;
4. take up residence and become established;
5. come to terms;
6. go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
7. become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style;
8. become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet;
9. establish or develop as a residence;
10. come to rest
11. become clear by the sinking of particles;
12. arrange or fix in the desired order;
13. accept despite complete satisfaction;
14. end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement;
15. dispose of; make a financial settlement
16. cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
17. sink down or precipitate;
18. fix firmly;
19. get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury;
20. make final; put the last touches on; put into final form;
21. form a community;
22. come as if by falling;
decide, determine, resolve, settle
这些动词都含"决定"之意。
dwell, reside, live, lodge, inhabit, settle
这些动词均有"居住,定居"之意。
settle one's affairs(或estate)
安排后事
settle someone's hash
settle down
安顿下来:过稳定有序的生活
平静:变得不紧张或安静
settle for
勉强接受:尽管不完全满意也能接受
I have to settle my affairs before leaving here.
离开这儿以前,我得把一些私人的事情安排妥当.
The contents of the packet may settle down in travelling.
袋里的东西在旅行中会沉到底部.
You must settle the matter amongst yourselves.
你们必须彼此商量,自行解决这些问题.
We'll go and settle down where conditions are hardest.
哪里艰苦哪安家.
The sediment of coffee will settle.
咖啡渣会沉淀下去.