核心词汇settle重点用法解析
1.settle动词,解决(分歧、纠纷等);定居;(使)沉降,下陷,变得密实;(最终)决定,确定,安排好;结束(争论、争端等);付清(欠款);(使)平静下来,安静下来,定下心来;殖民;降落;把…放好;使处于舒适的位置
settle a dispute/an argument/a matter /a case/things/a claim/a lawsuit(suit)/
解决争端 / 争论 / 事情/裁决诉讼/解决事情/支付索赔/解决诉讼
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。
Settling the dispute required great tact and diplomacy.
解决这个争端需要十分老练和娴熟的外交手腕。
The management have made no move to settle the strike.
资方没有采取任何措施来解决罢工问题。
He had to settle his affairs in Paris before he could return home.
他得把他在巴黎的事情料理好才能回家。
指开始在某一国家、地区或城镇生活,通常不接具体的住所。
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。
She had decided to settle permanently in France.
她已经决定永久定居法国。
They got married and settled near New York.
他们婚后定居在纽约附近。
After working abroad for years, he wants to settle in Vienna.
在国外工作多年后,他决定在维也纳定居下来。
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。
2.settle( down) to sth 开始做某事; 开始认真对待;定下心来做
They finally settled down to a discussion of the main issues.
他们终于开始讨论一些主要问题了。
He got his coffee, came back and settled down to listen.
他喝了杯咖啡,回来后开始认真听讲。
He found it hard to settle to his work.
他觉得定不下心来工作。
They put up their tents and settled down for the night.
他们搭好帐篷,准备过夜。He has got married and settled down to a job.
他已经成家立业了。
settle (sb) down安静;(使某人)安静下来, (历经磨难或变化后)平静下来
The class settled down and she began the lesson.
全班安静下来她便开始上课了。
It always takes the class a while to settle down at the start of the lesson.
那个班一上课总得过一会儿才能安静下来。
It'd be fun, after the situation in Europe settles down, to take a trip over to France.
等欧洲的局势平定下来后,去法国旅行一趟应该不错。
3. settle down (尤指结婚或买房后)定居,安顿下来
One day I'll want to settle down and have a family...
总有一天,我会想安定下来,成个家。
Try to settle your puppy down before going to bed.
睡前要把你的小狗安顿好。
One day I will settle down and raise a family.
总有一天我会安顿下来并成家的。
4. settle in
settle into sth
安顿下来,坐下来;习惯于(新居);适应(新工作)
How are the kids settling into their new school?
孩子们在新学校习惯了吗?
I enjoyed King Edward's School enormously once I'd settled in.
适应了爱德华国王学校的生活后,我就深深地爱上了这里。
You must come and see our new house when we've settled in.
等我们安顿好了,你一定来看看我们的新房子。
He took a long time to settle in to big-time football.
他花了很长时间才在顶级足球联赛站稳脚跟。
He settled into a life of luxury,
他习惯了奢侈的生活。
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。
Sophia settled into her comfortably contoured seat.
索菲娅舒舒服服地坐到了自己流线型的座位上。
The finest and happiest years of our lives were not when all the debts were paid, and all difficult experiences had passed, and we had settled into a comfortable home.
我们一生中最美好、最幸福的时光,不是我们还清所有债务、度过所有难关、安顿在舒适的家里的时候。
高考真题- 2015 天津
settle in迁入;在……定居
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 settled in Malaysia.
他定居马来西亚。
He hoped to settle in this country.
他希望在这个国家定居下来。
5. settle on sth
选定;决定;鸟等落在
Have you settled on a name for the baby yet?
你给孩子起好名字没有?
I finally settled on a Mercedes estate.
我最后决定买一辆梅塞德斯客货两用车。
The Committee has settled on him as secretary general.
委员会决定选他为秘书长。
Two birds settled on the fence.
两只鸟落在篱笆上。
Dust had settled on everything.
到处落满灰尘。
settle sth on sb转让(钱财);(尤指在遗嘱中)赠与
She offered to settle a legacy on Katharine.
她提出要把一笔遗产留给凯瑟琳。
6. settled for无奈接受;勉强同意;退而求其次
In the end they had to settle for a draw.
最后,他们只好接受平局的结果。
Virginia was a perfectionist. She was just not prepared to settle for anything mediocre.
弗吉尼娅是个完美主义者,她根本不愿意拿任何普普通通毫无特色的东西将就。
England will have to settle for third or fourth place.
英格兰将只好接受第三或第四的排名。
I am not prepared to see children in some parts of this country having to settle for a second-class education.
我没有料到会发现在这个国家的一些地区孩子们只能接受二流的教育。They have already declared their intention to fight on rather than settle for half-measures.
他们已经宣布要继续战斗,而不是半途而废。
They want to live in a nice house and won’t settle for an apartnent.
他们想住好房子,不想在公寓里将就。
They refused to settle for a promise of jam tomorrow.
他们并不满足于那些美好未来的空话。
I couldn't afford the house I really wanted, so I had to settle for second best.
我真心想要的房子我买不起,所以只得退而求其次了。
He refused to settle for anything that was second best.
他拒绝退而求其次。
Let's settle for a trip to Thailand.
我们退而求其次去泰国旅游。
The author has settled for a more academic approach
那位作者已确定采用更为学术的方法。
7.settled adj.稳定的;固定的;适应的
Sb be/get settled an 某人安顿(安居、安定)下来
Once I am settled, I’ll go there.
我一旦安定下来,我就去那里。
Have you got everything settled at home?
家里都安顿好了吗?
My mother has get things settled that I will study abroad.
妈妈已经为我出国留学的事情安排妥当。
After a few years of being a diplomat, she still didn't feel settled.
做了几年外交官后,她还是没有适应。
知识点名:settle vi&vt
讲义:
settle vi.&vt.
1. vi.&vt. 结束(争论、争端等);解决(分歧、纠纷等)。常用词组:settle a dispute/an argument/a matter/differences解决争端/争论/事情/分歧。例如:
You'd better sit down and settle your differences face to face.你们最好坐下来,面对面地解决你们的分歧。
There is pressure on the unions to settle.工会组织面临消除纷争的压力。
2. vt. (常用被动语态)确定;决定。例如:
It's all settled—we're leaving at nine o'clock by plane.一切都定下来了——我们乘九点的航班走。
He had to settle his affairs in Paris before he could return home.他得把他在巴黎的事情料理好才能回家。
3. vi.&vt. (使)平静下来,安静下来,定下心来,相当于make sb./sth. become relaxed or calm。例如:
The baby wouldn't settle.婴儿安静不下来。
He took a pill to help settle his nerves.他吃了一片药,好放松一下神经。
4. vi. 安家,定居;降落;停留。例如:
His uncle chose to settle in the countryside.他叔叔选择在乡下定居。
Snow settled on the roofs.雪花飘落到房顶上。
A fly kept trying to settle on his face.一只苍蝇老是想停到他脸上。
5. 与settle相关的常用词组:
settle down(在某地)定居下来,过安定的生活
settle (sb.) down(使某人)安静下来,平静下来
settle down to sth.开始专心于(工作或活动),着手认真做(某事)
6. settle和solve都可以表示解决,但是用法有区别:
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