·settle·v. ['setl] ( settles; settled; settling )· ·双解释义·vt. & vi. 安排,安放; 安家,定居 arrange; fix up; go and live (in)·vt. 解决,调停 solve; mediate; intervene·vt. 支付,结算 pay·vt. & vi. (使)安定 (cause to) stabilize; (cause to) maintain·vi. (鸟等)飞落 (the birds, etc.) fly to somewhere·基本要点 ·1.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”。
2.settle既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词用作及物动词时,可接名词、代词、带或不带疑问词的动词不定式或that/wh-从句作宾语3.settle可用于被动结构··词汇搭配 · ～+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· ·常用短语 ·settle down(v.+adv.)1.(使)沉底或沉淀; 落到地面上来 fall to the bottom of a container; come to rest on the ground▲settle downThe contents of the packet may settle down in travelling. 袋里的东西在旅行中会沉到底部。
The ship was settling down by the stern.船正由尾部下沉The dust slowly settled down.灰尘慢慢落了下来The airship settled down in a field.飞艇降落在地面上2.定居,过安定生活 make a home▲settle downThese orphans have settled down very happily in their new home.这些孤儿在新家很愉快地开始了他们的生活My wife will be coming over as soon as I've settled down.我住定之后,我太太马上就来I hate all this travel.I want to get married and settle down.我讨厌经常外出,我想结婚然后安顿下来He hoped to settle down in the countryside.他希望在农村定居How long did it take you to settle down in this country? 你过了多长时间才在这个国家安顿下来?She came down last year and settled down in the village.去年她从城里来就定居在这个村子里。
He has determined to settle down in the countryside.他决定在农村安家落户After roaming around nearly half his life, he finally settled down in Canada.他过了半辈子的流浪生活,最后在加拿大定居了下来When you have settled down in the new workshop, you will start working.你们在新车间一。