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settle

英 ['set(ə)l] 美['sɛtl]

英英释义同义词辨析词组搭配考试真题实用场景例句

vi. 解决；定居；沉淀；下陷
vt. 解决；安排；使…定居
n. 有背长椅
n. (Settle)人名；(英)塞特尔

实用场景例句

to settle a dispute/an argument/a matter: 解决争端 / 争论 / 事情

It's time you settled your differences with your father.: 现在你该解决同你父亲之间的分歧了。

There is pressure on the unions to settle.: 工会组织面临消除纷争的压力。

The company has agreed to settle out of court (= come to an agreement without going to court) .: 那家公司同意庭外解决。

It's all settled ─we're leaving on the nine o'clock plane.: 一切都定下来了——我们乘九点的航班走。

Bob will be there? That settles it . I'm not coming.: 鲍勃会去吗？那好，我就不去了。

He had to settle his affairs (= arrange all his personal business) in Paris before he could return home.: 他得把他在巴黎的事情料理好才能回家。

She settled in Vienna after her father's death.: 父亲死后，她就在维也纳定居了。

This region was settled by the Dutch in the nineteenth century.: 荷兰人于十九世纪来到这一地区定居。

Ellie settled back in her seat.: 埃利舒适地靠着椅背坐下。

He settled himself comfortably in his usual chair.: 他在自己惯常坐的椅子上舒舒服服地坐下来。

I settled her on the sofa and put a blanket over her.: 我把她放在沙发上安顿好，给她盖了一条毯子。

She settled the blanket around her knees.: 她用毯子裹住膝盖。

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。

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。

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。

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。

She offered to settle a legacy on Katharine.: 她提出要把一笔遗产留给凯瑟琳。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

同义词辨析

decide, determine, resolve, settle

这些动词都含"决定"之意。

decide：侧重指经过思考、比较、讨论或询问之后做出的决定。

determine：指经过深思熟虑，决心去做某事并坚持施行。

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。

settle：指排除犹豫、怀疑和争论之后作出明确的最终结论。

dwell, reside, live, lodge, inhabit, settle

这些动词均有"居住，定居"之意。

dwell：文学上的用词，口语中通常用live代替。

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。

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。

lodge：指短时间或临时住宿。

inhabit：强调人或动物居住在某个地区并已适应某种特殊环境。

settle：侧重指某人定居于城市、国家或地区，而不指居住的住所。