词汇 | settle |
释义 | settle /`sєtḷ/ settle 1 (过去式: settled; 过去完成式: settled; 现在进行式: settling) v.t. To place in a fixed state, as in a business; establish in life or in home. 料理;安排;安置;安顿。 To free from doubt or uncertainty; quiet; compose. 确定;平静;镇定。 to settle one's nerves 镇定神经。 To adjust. 整理。 to settle one's address 整其衣冠。 To make up, as a quarrel; pacify. 调停(口角);平息。 They settled their quarrel in a friendly way. 他们顺利地调停了彼此的争吵。 To make pure or clear of dregs by causing them to sink; to clarify. 使液体中物质沉淀;使澄清。 To colonize. 殖民(某地)。 The conquerors settled their own people in the land. 征服者将他们的人民安顿在这土地上。 To cause to sink; shake sown. 使沉;摇下。 To make compact, firm, solid, or passable, as a roadway. 使坚实;使坚固;使坚硬;使可通行(如道路)。 This wind will settle the concrete. 这风可使水泥坚硬。 To determine, decide, or conclude, as a dispute. 决心;决定;终止(如争执)。 To dispose of; set in order. 处置;整理。 to settle an estate 整理产业。 Let's settle matters between us once for all. 让我们彻底地把我们之间的事处理完毕。 To adjust the balance of; liquidate; pay (a bill). 了结余款;清算;付(帐)。 It's wise to try to settle one's account monthly. 按月结帐是聪明的。 To appoint or set, as a date. 指定;安排(如一个日期)。 To bestow legally. 【法律】合法地赠与。 v.i. To become fixed. 安定;固定。 To descend or stop; come to rest; alight, as a bird. 下降;停止;休息;(鸟)飞落在树上;栖息。 The bird settld on a high branch. 鸟儿栖息在高枝上。 Also, to establish a residence; make one's home. 安居;定居。 They settled in Taipei. 他们在台北定居。 To grow calm or clear. 安静下来。 The wind settled. 风已平息。 Let us settle down to our studies. 让我们静下心来读书。 To sink down gradually, as dregs; become clarified, as a liquid. 渐次沉下(如渣滓);澄清(如液体)。 The sediments will soon settle in the bottom of the cup. 渣滓很快会沉于杯底。 To adjust differences or accounts; come to an agreement. 结算;算清帐目;妥协。 To be established in any employment, profession, or way of life; specif. to marry and establish a home. 使固定(于某种职业等);(尤指)结婚成家。 To become firm, compact, or solid, as a roadway. 坚固;坚实;坚硬(如道路)。 Sink, as a building's foundation. (屋基等)下沉。 The house is settling. 这个房子的地基正在下陷。 To resolve or determine. 下决心;决定;断定。 to settle on a plan 决定计划。 (Of a female animal) to become pregnant; conceive. (雌性动物)怀孕。 phrases settle a score 报复旧恨宿怨。 settle accounts 结清帐目;报复。 settle down 定居;恢复平静;平息下来;认真做某事。 settle for 同意;接受。 settle on 依法律授予;决定。 settle sb's hash 【口】破坏某人计划;解决掉某人(使其不再找麻烦)。 settle up 付清;偿付。 synonyms regulate, fix. antonyms confuse, disturb. settle 2 n. A long, high-backed bench with arms and, sometimes, in the early types, with a chest under the seat. 高背有靠手之长椅。 |
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