settle

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英 ['set(ə)l] 美['sɛtl]

释义

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

词态变化

复数: settles;第三人称单数: settles;过去式: settled;过去分词: settled;现在分词: settling;

近义词

colonize patch locate reconcile up inhabit resolve fix decide occupy mend

助记提示

1. sed- "sit" => set- + 双写t加-le.
2. sit => settle.

中文词源

settle 高背长椅，长木凳

来自古英语 setl,座位，来自 Proto-Germanic*setla,座位，来自 PIE*sed,坐下，词源同 sit,seat. 引申词义长木凳，高背长椅。

settle 安排，解决，处理，定居，安居

来自古英语 setlan,使坐下，来自 setl,座位，词源同 sit,set,seat.引申词义安居，定居。后主要用于比喻义安排，解决，处理等。

英文词源

settle: settle: [OE] Although now far less common, the noun settle ‘bench’ is older than the verb, and indeed was the source of it. It evolved (along with German sessel) from a prehistoric Germanic *setlaz, which was derived from the same base that produced English sit. (Saddle comes from a variant of the same base.) In Old English times it was setl, and still meant simply ‘seat’. This formed the basis of a verb setlan ‘put in a position of repose’, ancestor of modern English settle.
=> saddle, sit
settle (v.): "come to rest," Old English setlan "cause to sit, place, put," from setl "a seat" (see settle (n.)). Related: Settling. Compare German siedeln "to settle, colonize."

From c. 1300 of birds, etc., "to alight." From early 14c. as "sink down, descend; cave in." Early 15c. in reference to suspended particles in a liquid. Sense of "establish a permanent residence" first recorded 1620s; that of "decide" is 1620s. Meaning "secure title to by deed" is from 1660s.

Meaning "reconcile" (a quarrel, differences, etc.) perhaps is influenced by Middle English sahtlen "to reconcile," from Old English saht "reconciliation," from Old Norse satt "reconciliation." To settle down "become content" is from 1853; transitive sense from 1520s; as what married couples do in establishing domesticity, from 1718. To settle for "content oneself with" is from 1943.
settle (n.): "long bench," 1550s, from Middle English setle "a seat," from Old English setl "a seat, stall; position, abode; setting of a heavenly body," related to sittan "to sit," from Proto-Germanic *setla- (cognates: Middle Low German, Middle Dutch setel, Dutch zetel, German Sessel, Gothic sitls), from PIE *sedla- (cognates: Latin sella "seat, chair," Old Church Slavonic sedlo "saddle," Old English sadol "saddle"), from root *sed- (1) "to sit" (see sedentary).

双语例句

1. 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。

2. The duo set up a scam to settle their respective debts.: 那对搭档设了一计以消除各自的债务。

3. 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。

4. 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。

5. 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。

英英释意

1. a long wooden bench with a back

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。

考试真题

And, for the time being, we settle.

When Donna returned to the States, she couldn't settle down.

Pat's children were with their father, so she took a picnic lunch to her friends new plays, then spend the day helping her unpack and get settled

Now I would like to settle my mini-bar bill.

This turn of events is fueled primarily by the dramatic drop in the share of young Americans who are choosing to settle down romantically before age 35.

This turn of events is fueled primarily by the dramatic drop in the share of young Americans who are choosing to settle down romantically before age.

More to the point, he had yet to settle on a subject for the personal essay accompanying the application.

Abilene Christian settled on the devices after surveying students and finding that they did not like hauling around their laptops, but that most of them always carried a cell phone, Dr. Dickson said.

It was settled after more than two years of negotiation.

During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama assembled a racially and ideologically diverse coalition with his message of hope and change; as the reality of life under a new administration settles in, some of those supporters might become disillusioned.

Where does the butterfly settle at the end of the migration?

Well, the letter mentions 20,000 pounds, but I don't know if they might settle for us.

Brown would like to see their daughter settled down, get married, and have kids.

I settled down in the darkness, and the curtains opened.

It was a rainy morning and the children, mainly boys with various learning difficulties, refused to settle for the start of the lesson.

Most radio stations settled in the large villas in the leafy areas of the town.

People settle in these places because they are easy to get to and naturally suited to communications and trade.

Soon afterwards, many of those people started settling down to become farmers, and their languages too became more settled and fewer in number.

The city was crowded with disappointed people with no interest in settling down, and when they heard there were new gold discoveries in alaska, they left dawson city as quickly as they had come.

The habima is the centre of hebrew-language theatre worldwide, founded in Moscow after the 1905 revolution, the company eventually settled in Tel Aviv in the late 1920s, since 1958, they have been recognised as the National Theatre of Israel.

They have settled their environmental problems.

They settled in at a comfortable east side cafe and within minutes, another customer was approaching their table.

sexual confusion, economic frustrations , and religious hope-all name together in a decisive moment when he opened the Bible, told his father the first line he saw would settle his fate, and read the magical words:.

Mean while , many settles had slighter religious commitments than Dane’s, as one clergyman learned in confronting folk along the coast who mocked that they had not come to the New world for religion.

词组搭配

settle one's affairs(或estate)

make any necessary arrangements, such as writing a will, before one's death

安排后事

settle someone's hash

settle down

To begin living a stable and orderly life

安顿下来：过稳定有序的生活

He settled down as a farmer with a family.
他与一家人安顿下来务农

To become less nervous or restless.

平静：变得不紧张或安静

settle for

To accept in spite of incomplete satisfaction

勉强接受：尽管不完全满意也能接受

had to settle for a lower wage than the one requested.
不得不接受一个比所需低的工资

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。