settle
v. 結束(分歧); 庭外和解; 結(賬); (使)坐下; (使)沉降; 安排好; 定居; 注視著; 降落
n. 高背長椅
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...
他們同意透過談判來努力解決糾紛。
Both sides are looking for ways to settle their differences...
雙方都在尋求消除分歧的方法。
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...
為了爭取庭外和解,莫爾肯同意賠款。
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話,得到的肯定會更多。
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...
我為我的咖啡和他的兩杯葡萄酒付了賬。
They settled with Colin at the end of the evening.
晚上聚會結束的時候他們和科林結清了賬。
If something is settled, it has all been decided and arranged.
As far as we're concerned, the matter is settled...
我們這邊已經安排妥當了。
That's settled then. We'll exchange addresses tonight.
那就定下來了,我們今晚交換聯絡地址。
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.
她提出要把一筆遺產留給凱瑟琳。
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...
在英國定居的難民面臨很多問題。
He visited Paris and eventually settled there...
他造訪了巴黎,並最終在那兒定居下來。
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發上。
Jessica settled into her chair with a small sigh of relief.
傑茜卡微微鬆了口氣,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...
牆上落了一層黑色的粉塵。
Once its impurities had settled, the oil could be graded...
一旦雜質沉澱下去,油就可以分級了。
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羅斯的臉上。
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.
幾隻蛾子在它前面飛,最終落在了那塊粗糙的噴漆金屬上。
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
這些動詞都含"決定"之意。
dwell, reside, live, lodge, inhabit, settle
這些動詞均有"居住,定居"之意。
settle one's affairs(或estate)
安排後事
settle someone's hash
settle down
安頓下來:過穩定有序的生活
平靜:變得不緊張或安靜
settle for
勉強接受:儘管不完全滿意也能接受
I have to settle my affairs before leaving here.
離開這兒以前,我得把一些私人的事情安排妥當.
The contents of the packet may settle down in travelling.
袋裡的東西在旅行中會沉到底部.
You must settle the matter amongst yourselves.
你們必須彼此商量,自行解決這些問題.
We'll go and settle down where conditions are hardest.
哪裡艱苦哪安家.
The sediment of coffee will settle.
咖啡渣會沉澱下去.