| 单词 | settle |
| 释义 | settle (setəl ) Word forms: settles , settling , settled 1. verb B2 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. [VERB noun] Both sides are looking for ways to settle their differences. [VERB noun] Tomorrow's vote is unlikely to settle the question of who will replace their leader. [VERB noun] Synonyms: resolve, work out, remedy, reconcile 2. verb 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. [VERB noun] She got much less than she would have done if she had settled out of court. [VERB] His company settled with the authorities by paying a $200 million fine. [VERB + with] 3. verb If you settle a bill or debt, you pay the amount that you owe. I settled the bill for my coffee. [VERB noun] They settled with Colin at the end of the evening. [VERB + with] Synonyms: pay, clear, square (up), discharge 4. verb [usually passive] B2 If something is settled, it has all been decided and arranged. As far as we're concerned, the matter is settled. [be VERB-ed] That's settled then. We'll exchange addresses tonight. [be VERB-ed] Synonyms: decide, close, end, complete 5. verb To settle money on someone means to formally give it to them, for example in a will. [formal] She offered to settle a legacy on Katharine. [VERB noun on noun] 6. verb B2 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. [VERB preposition/adverb] He visited Paris and eventually settled there. [VERB preposition/adverb] This was one of the first areas to be settled by Europeans. [VERB noun] Thirty-thousand-million dollars is needed to settle the refugees. [VERB noun] Synonyms: colonize, populate, people, pioneer 7. verb B2 If you settle yourself somewhere or settle somewhere, you sit down or make yourself comfortable. Albert settled himself on the sofa. [VERB pronoun-reflexive preposition/adverb] Jessica settled into her chair with a small sigh of relief. [VERB preposition/adverb] Synonyms: make comfortable, park [informal], install, plonk [informal] 8. verb If something settles or if you settle it, it sinks slowly down and becomes still. A black dust settled on the walls. [VERB preposition/adverb] Once its impurities had settled, the oil could be graded. [VERB] Tap each one firmly on your work surface to settle the mixture. [VERB noun] Synonyms: subside, fall, sink, decline 9. verb 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. [VERB + on/upon] 10. verb 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. [VERB + on] 11. See also settled 12. when the dust settles phrase If you say that something will happen when the dust settles, you mean that a situation will be clearer after it has calmed down. If you let the dust settle before doing something, you let a situation calm down before you try to do anything else. [informal] Once the dust had settled Beck defended his decision. I think we need to let the dust settle and see what's going to happen after that. 13. to settle a score phrase If you settle a score or settle an old score with someone, you take revenge on them for something they have done in the past. The groups had historic scores to settle with each other. Synonyms: get your own back on someone, retaliate, repay someone, hit back (at someone) Phrasal verbs: settle down 1. phrasal verb When someone settles down, they start living a quiet life in one place, especially when they get married or buy a house. One day I'll want to settle down and have a family. [VERB PARTICLE] As a southerner, he did not want to move north, fearing that he 'might never settle down in the provinces'. [VERB PARTICLE preposition/adverb] 2. phrasal verb B2 If a situation or a person that has been going through a lot of problems or changes settles down, they become calm. Though previously troubled by civil strife, the region has now settled down. [VERB PARTICLE] We saw the therapist four times, and the children have now settled down. [VERB PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb If you settle down to do something or to something, you prepare to do it and concentrate on it. He got his coffee, came back and settled down to listen. [VERB PARTICLE to-infinitive] They settled down to some serious work. [VERB PARTICLE + to] 4. phrasal verb If you settle down for the night, you get ready to lie down and sleep. They put up their tents and settled down for the night. [VERB PARTICLE] settle for phrasal verb If you settle for something, you choose or accept it, especially when it is not what you really want but there is nothing else available. Virginia was a perfectionist. She was just not prepared to settle for anything mediocre. [VERB PARTICLE noun] England will have to settle for third or fourth place. [VERB PARTICLE noun] settle in phrasal verb If you settle in, you become used to living in a new place, doing a new job, or going to a new school. I enjoyed King Edward's School enormously once I'd settled in. [VERB PARTICLE] settle on phrasal verb B2 If you settle on a particular thing, you choose it after considering other possible choices. I finally settled on a Mercedes estate. [VERB PARTICLE noun] settle up phrasal verb When you settle up, you pay a bill or a debt. When we approached the till to settle up, he reduced our bill by 50 per cent. [VERB PARTICLE] Idioms: settle a score or settle an old score to take revenge for something that someone has done to you in the past The ethnic groups turned on each other to settle old scores, leaving millions dead. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: settle a suit The city council voted in 2010 to settle the suit for an undisclosed amount. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The railroad company has since stopped the genetic testing and settled the suit. The Scientist He denied any wrongdoing and settled the suits, but admitted in a recent interview that the set of the film, which he co-produced, was 'an unprofessional environment'. Times, Sunday Times The company settled the suit for $850,000 without admitting wrongdoing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She settled that suit for an undisclosed amount. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I settle back in the chair and sip my tea, and study the illustrated instruction booklet. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Would it settle back safely into place or dislodge completely and hit the deck? The Sun (2012) She was settling back on to his sofa like a broody earth mother and he knew her answer even before she opened her mouth. YELLOW BIRD (2001) She settled back in bed and eagerly devoured the plain, institutional meal. WHO KILLED TIFFANY JONES? (2002) His arms and legs felt bruised but not broken; his jolted insides gradually settled back into place and a brief queasiness passed. THE GREENSTONE GRAIL: THE SANGREAL TRILOGY ONE (2004) Further fluids, antacids to settle your stomach and painkillers to ease your throbbing head are also sensible the next day. The Sun This will raise blood sugar levels, settle your stomach and give you renewed energy. Times, Sunday Times I need a contemplative stroll to settle my stomach. Times, Sunday Times Some people find that eating ginger - as a biscuit or in crystallised form - can settle their stomach. Times, Sunday Times Not too heavy, but enough to settle the stomach. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 解决 Japanese: 解決する |
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