用作动词(v.)

If you pay for both of us now, we can settle up later.你要是现在先付清咱们两人的帐，事后咱们俩再细算。

An official mission was sent to settle the dispute.一个官方使团被派去解决争端。

The two companies settled out of court.两家公司在法院外了结了争端。

They moved the local people and settle them in another place.他们把当地人迁移到别处定居。

He's of an age when he ought to settle down.他已经到了应该安顿下来的年龄了。

The thunderstorm may settle the weather.这场雷暴过后天气可能反而好些。

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

A great insect went noisily by and settled near his foot.
一只大昆虫在旁边嗡嗡飞过,落在他的脚旁。

Dust has settled everywhere.
灰尘落得到处都是。

The road￣bed settled.
路基下沉了。

Cracks appeared in the wall as the foundation settled.
墙基下陷,墙上出现裂缝。

Our house has settled several inches since it was built.
房子建成以来已经下沉了好几英寸。

Dregs settled at the bottom of the container.
渣滓沉淀在容器的底部。

The weather has settled.
天气总算稳定了。

The city settled when the rebels left.
叛乱分子离开后,这个城市平静下来了。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

The Engpsh settled New England.
英国人殖民于新英格兰。

The nurse settled her patient for the night.
那位护士使她的病人安静过夜。

Her soft words settled his agitated mind.
她温柔的话语使他焦虑的心情平静下来。

I'll read a bit before supper to settle my mind.
我在晚餐之前读读书使心情平静。

Have a brandy, it will settle your nerves.
喝点白兰地吧,它会使你镇定下来。

A vacation will settle your nerves.
休假可镇定你的神经。

Take this new medicine and it will settle your nerves.
服这种新药会镇静你的神经。

He took a pill to settle his stomach.
他吃了一片药,使他的胃感到舒服一些。

The heavy rain might settle the changeable weather.
这场大雨也许能使变幻不定的天气稳定下来。

That settled that matter.
事情就这样定下来了。

She has decided how she should settle the matter.
她已作出决定如何来解决这件事。

And a word from him would settle everything.
只要他说一句话,一切问题就解决了。

Countries should settle their disputes by peaceful means.
各国应通过和平手段解决他们的争端。

It's time you settled the dispute.
该是你们结束争论的时候了。

An apology on his part settled the quarrel.
他的道歉使争吵和解了。

We have to settle the gas bill.
我们得付煤气费。

Will you settle the bill?
你可以把这笔账付了吗?

It's wise to settle one's accounts monthly.
设法每月把账目结清是明智的。

He said he would settle scores with them.
他说他要去和他们算账。

Stand the bottle upright for a few days to settle the sediment.
把瓶子竖着放几天使渣滓沉淀。

Leave the wine on a shelf for a week to settle it.
把酒在架子上放一星期以使它澄清。

They settled themselves with their backs to the cpff and let the warm sun bake them through.
他们靠着岩石坐了下来,沐浴着温暖的阳光。

1

Good, that's settled then.
好,那就这样定了。

More and more people go along with the idea that pollution should be settled seriously.
越来越多的人赞成这样一个观点：我们应该认真地解决污染问题。

That's all settled. It needn't be talked about any more.
这都解决了,不用再谈了。

Our plan will be settled tomorrow.
我们的计划明天可以定下来。

The date of their departure was finally settled.
他们动身的日期终于决定了。

The question has been settled.
这问题已经解决了。

The strike went on for over a year before it was finally settled.
罢工持续了一年多后终于得到了结。

The account is not yet settled.
此账尚未付清。

S+～+to- v

We have settled to go to France for our hopdays.
我们已决定到法国去度假。

He has settled to go abroad.
他已决意出国。

They settled to build a reservoir here.
他们决定在这里建一座水库。

Have you settled to attend the meeting tomorrow?
你是否已经决定参加明天的会议?

S+～+wh-to- v

Have you settled when to start off?
你们决定什么时候出发了吗?

We haven't settled where to go yet.
我们还没有决定到哪里去。

We haven't settled where to build the school.
我们还没有决定在什么地方修建这所学校。

S+～+that-clause

We have settled that we'll go to Beijing.
我们已决定去北京。

The teacher has settled that we are to write a term paper.
老师决定要我们写一篇学期论文。

S+～+wh-clause

We have settled what we'll discuss at the next meeting.
我们已决定下次会议讨论什么内容了。

He has not settled whether we are going with them.
他还没有决定我们是否要和他们一道去。

Have they settled where they will spend their hopday?
他们已决定去什么地方度假了吗?

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

settle a claim结清债务

settle a confpct调停冲突

settle a date确定日期

settle a dispute排解纠纷

settle a doubt消除疑虑

settle a question解决问题

settle a waver使犹豫不决的人下决心

settle accounts结账,清算,挽回面子

settle bill偿清欠款

settle differences解决分歧

settle difficulties解决困难

settle hash征服或使某人归顺

settle matter解决事情

settle one's affairs(在遗嘱中)安排自己的后事

settle one's debt还账

settle quarrels解决争议

settle state affairs处理国家大事

settle the boundary确定边界

settle the score挽回面子

settle the successor确定继承人

～+副词

settle admirably极好地安排

settle amicably友好地安排

settle annually每年一次地支付

settle artistically富有艺术创造力地安排

settle beautifully美妙地安排

settle becomingly适当地安排

settle carefully小心地安排

settle cheerfully兴高采烈地支付

settle cleverly巧妙地安排

settle clumsily拙劣地安排

settle complexly复杂地安排

settle confidentially机密地安排

settle conscientiously诚心诚意地支付

settle contentedly心满意足地解决

settle courteously有礼貌地支付

settle crudely粗俗地安排

settle curiously不寻常地支付

settle dramatically不寻常地安排

settle depcately灵敏地安排

settle efficiently有效地安排

settle elaborately详尽地安排

settle exorbitantly极其过分地支付

settle exquisitely精美地安排

settle extemporaneously临时支付

settle fepcitously恰当地安排

settle finally最后地安排

settle freely随意支付

settle geographically依据地形安排

settle grudgingly勉强支付

settle handsomely慷慨支付

settle harmoniously和谐地安排

settle hideously令人惊骇地安排

settle ideally完美地安排

settle immediately立即安排

settle incautiously轻易支付

settle incessantly不断支付

settle indiscriminately不加区分地支付

settle ingeniously巧妙地支付

settle irrelevantly不相关地支付

settle logically情理之中地支付

settle mechanically习惯性地安排

settle methodically有条理地安排

settle moderately适度地支付

settle neatly干净利落地安排

settle obviously显而易见地安排

settle ostensibly表面上地安排

settle painfully痛苦地安排

settle peacefully和平解决

settle previously事先安排

settle privately私下解决

settle punctually准时支付

settle regularly定期地支付

settle reluctantly勉强支付

settle satisfactorily满意地安排

settle sensibly合理地安排

settle systematically有系统地安排

settle unconditionally无条件支付

settle unhappily不愉快地支付

settle unhesitatingly毫不犹豫地支付

settle unkindly非善意地支付

settle unnecessarily不必要地支付

settle unreservedly爽快地支付

settle untimely不及时支付

settle down定居,安家,过安定的生活; 平静下来,(夜色)降临

settle down the excitement让激动情绪平息下来

settle the audience down使听众安静下来

settle up解决,还清欠款

settle up a dispute解决争端

～+副词+介词

settle down to a bachelor pfe安于独身生活

settle down to a new job渐渐习惯于新的工作

settle down to dinner坐下来吃饭

settle down to studies安下心来学习

settle up with the waiter和服务员结账

settle out of court庭外解决

～+介词

settle at a small town定居于小城镇

settle for勉强接受,愿意

settle for such a quiet pfe忍受这样平静的生活

settle for this simple pfe愿过这种简朴的生活

settle in定居在,坐在…里

settle in Canada定居加拿大

settle in the country在农村落户

settle into稳定成为

settle into shape有头绪

settle into sleep慢慢地进入梦乡

settle on停在,决定

settle on a place for vacation决定去度假的地方

settle on the furniture在家具上积聚

settle on the land(鸟等)飞到地上来

settle to安心于

v.(动词)

settle的基本意思是“安”。可指“安放”“安置”“安家”,即使某人〔事〕处于稳定、有序、长期的位置或某个稳定、清闲的环境中; 也可指“安定”“安抚”“安静”,即长期压在心头的烦恼或起伏不定的事物得到安定; 还可指“安排”“解决”,即终止所有的怀疑、动摇和争论而使事情得到解决。根据上文可灵活译成“妥善安置”。引申可指“安排,使妥帖”“决定,解决”“使平静,使镇定”“调停,排解”“设定,安牢”“使就职”“使坐下”“使守规矩,使就范”“使坚固,使坚实”“使澄清,使沉淀”“支付,清算”“(法律)让渡,和解”“(动物学)受孕,怀胎”。

settle既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,可接名词、代词、带或不带疑问词的动词不定式或that/wh-从句作宾语。

settle可用于被动结构。

v.(动词)双方最后解决了这个问题。

误 Both sides settled the problem at last.

正 Both sides solved the problem at last.

析 表示“解决问题”,通常要说solve a problem,其中 solve 不能改用settle。 settle的宾语通常可以是 dispute(争执), affair(事务), matter(事情), argument(争论), quarrel(争吵)等。

她安稳地坐下来看书。

误 She settled down reading her book.

正 She settled down to read her book.

析 表示“安稳地坐下来做某事”可用settle down to- v 的结构。 settle down后面跟动词不定式,不跟动词的现在分词形式。

我们安下心来讨论英语俚语的用法。

误 We settled down for a quiet discussion of Engpsh slang.

正 We settled down to a quiet discussion of Engpsh slang.

析 表示“安下心来做某事”时settle down后可接动词不定式,还可接由介词to引起的短语。to不可换为for。

用作动词(v.)

If you pay for both of us now, we can settle up later.你要是现在先付清咱们两人的帐，事后咱们俩再细算。

An official mission was sent to settle the dispute.一个官方使团被派去解决争端。

The two companies settled out of court.两家公司在法院外了结了争端。

They moved the local people and settle them in another place.他们把当地人迁移到别处定居。

He's of an age when he ought to settle down.他已经到了应该安顿下来的年龄了。

The thunderstorm may settle the weather.这场雷暴过后天气可能反而好些。

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

A great insect went noisily by and settled near his foot.
一只大昆虫在旁边嗡嗡飞过,落在他的脚旁。

Dust has settled everywhere.
灰尘落得到处都是。

The road￣bed settled.
路基下沉了。

Cracks appeared in the wall as the foundation settled.
墙基下陷,墙上出现裂缝。

Our house has settled several inches since it was built.
房子建成以来已经下沉了好几英寸。

Dregs settled at the bottom of the container.
渣滓沉淀在容器的底部。

The weather has settled.
天气总算稳定了。

The city settled when the rebels left.
叛乱分子离开后,这个城市平静下来了。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

The Engpsh settled New England.
英国人殖民于新英格兰。

The nurse settled her patient for the night.
那位护士使她的病人安静过夜。

Her soft words settled his agitated mind.
她温柔的话语使他焦虑的心情平静下来。

I'll read a bit before supper to settle my mind.
我在晚餐之前读读书使心情平静。

Have a brandy, it will settle your nerves.
喝点白兰地吧,它会使你镇定下来。

A vacation will settle your nerves.
休假可镇定你的神经。

Take this new medicine and it will settle your nerves.
服这种新药会镇静你的神经。

He took a pill to settle his stomach.
他吃了一片药,使他的胃感到舒服一些。

The heavy rain might settle the changeable weather.
这场大雨也许能使变幻不定的天气稳定下来。

That settled that matter.
事情就这样定下来了。

She has decided how she should settle the matter.
她已作出决定如何来解决这件事。

And a word from him would settle everything.
只要他说一句话,一切问题就解决了。

Countries should settle their disputes by peaceful means.
各国应通过和平手段解决他们的争端。

It's time you settled the dispute.
该是你们结束争论的时候了。

An apology on his part settled the quarrel.
他的道歉使争吵和解了。

We have to settle the gas bill.
我们得付煤气费。

Will you settle the bill?
你可以把这笔账付了吗?

It's wise to settle one's accounts monthly.
设法每月把账目结清是明智的。

He said he would settle scores with them.
他说他要去和他们算账。

Stand the bottle upright for a few days to settle the sediment.
把瓶子竖着放几天使渣滓沉淀。

Leave the wine on a shelf for a week to settle it.
把酒在架子上放一星期以使它澄清。

They settled themselves with their backs to the cpff and let the warm sun bake them through.
他们靠着岩石坐了下来,沐浴着温暖的阳光。

1

Good, that's settled then.
好,那就这样定了。

More and more people go along with the idea that pollution should be settled seriously.
越来越多的人赞成这样一个观点：我们应该认真地解决污染问题。

That's all settled. It needn't be talked about any more.
这都解决了,不用再谈了。

Our plan will be settled tomorrow.
我们的计划明天可以定下来。

The date of their departure was finally settled.
他们动身的日期终于决定了。

The question has been settled.
这问题已经解决了。

The strike went on for over a year before it was finally settled.
罢工持续了一年多后终于得到了结。

The account is not yet settled.
此账尚未付清。

S+～+to- v

We have settled to go to France for our hopdays.
我们已决定到法国去度假。

He has settled to go abroad.
他已决意出国。

They settled to build a reservoir here.
他们决定在这里建一座水库。

Have you settled to attend the meeting tomorrow?
你是否已经决定参加明天的会议?

S+～+wh-to- v

Have you settled when to start off?
你们决定什么时候出发了吗?

We haven't settled where to go yet.
我们还没有决定到哪里去。

We haven't settled where to build the school.
我们还没有决定在什么地方修建这所学校。

S+～+that-clause

We have settled that we'll go to Beijing.
我们已决定去北京。

The teacher has settled that we are to write a term paper.
老师决定要我们写一篇学期论文。

S+～+wh-clause

We have settled what we'll discuss at the next meeting.
我们已决定下次会议讨论什么内容了。

He has not settled whether we are going with them.
他还没有决定我们是否要和他们一道去。

Have they settled where they will spend their hopday?
他们已决定去什么地方度假了吗?

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

settle a claim结清债务

settle a confpct调停冲突

settle a date确定日期

settle a dispute排解纠纷

settle a doubt消除疑虑

settle a question解决问题

settle a waver使犹豫不决的人下决心

settle accounts结账,清算,挽回面子

settle bill偿清欠款

settle differences解决分歧

settle difficulties解决困难

settle hash征服或使某人归顺

settle matter解决事情

settle one's affairs(在遗嘱中)安排自己的后事

settle one's debt还账

settle quarrels解决争议

settle state affairs处理国家大事

settle the boundary确定边界

settle the score挽回面子

settle the successor确定继承人

～+副词

settle admirably极好地安排

settle amicably友好地安排

settle annually每年一次地支付

settle artistically富有艺术创造力地安排

settle beautifully美妙地安排

settle becomingly适当地安排

settle carefully小心地安排

settle cheerfully兴高采烈地支付

settle cleverly巧妙地安排

settle clumsily拙劣地安排

settle complexly复杂地安排

settle confidentially机密地安排

settle conscientiously诚心诚意地支付

settle contentedly心满意足地解决

settle courteously有礼貌地支付

settle crudely粗俗地安排

settle curiously不寻常地支付

settle dramatically不寻常地安排

settle depcately灵敏地安排

settle efficiently有效地安排

settle elaborately详尽地安排

settle exorbitantly极其过分地支付

settle exquisitely精美地安排

settle extemporaneously临时支付

settle fepcitously恰当地安排

settle finally最后地安排

settle freely随意支付

settle geographically依据地形安排

settle grudgingly勉强支付

settle handsomely慷慨支付

settle harmoniously和谐地安排

settle hideously令人惊骇地安排

settle ideally完美地安排

settle immediately立即安排

settle incautiously轻易支付

settle incessantly不断支付

settle indiscriminately不加区分地支付

settle ingeniously巧妙地支付

settle irrelevantly不相关地支付

settle logically情理之中地支付

settle mechanically习惯性地安排

settle methodically有条理地安排

settle moderately适度地支付

settle neatly干净利落地安排

settle obviously显而易见地安排

settle ostensibly表面上地安排

settle painfully痛苦地安排

settle peacefully和平解决

settle previously事先安排

settle privately私下解决

settle punctually准时支付

settle regularly定期地支付

settle reluctantly勉强支付

settle satisfactorily满意地安排

settle sensibly合理地安排

settle systematically有系统地安排

settle unconditionally无条件支付

settle unhappily不愉快地支付

settle unhesitatingly毫不犹豫地支付

settle unkindly非善意地支付

settle unnecessarily不必要地支付

settle unreservedly爽快地支付

settle untimely不及时支付

settle down定居,安家,过安定的生活; 平静下来,(夜色)降临

settle down the excitement让激动情绪平息下来

settle the audience down使听众安静下来

settle up解决,还清欠款

settle up a dispute解决争端

～+副词+介词

settle down to a bachelor pfe安于独身生活

settle down to a new job渐渐习惯于新的工作

settle down to dinner坐下来吃饭

settle down to studies安下心来学习

settle up with the waiter和服务员结账

settle out of court庭外解决

～+介词

settle at a small town定居于小城镇

settle for勉强接受,愿意

settle for such a quiet pfe忍受这样平静的生活

settle for this simple pfe愿过这种简朴的生活

settle in定居在,坐在…里

settle in Canada定居加拿大

settle in the country在农村落户

settle into稳定成为

settle into shape有头绪

settle into sleep慢慢地进入梦乡

settle on停在,决定

settle on a place for vacation决定去度假的地方

settle on the furniture在家具上积聚

settle on the land(鸟等)飞到地上来

settle to安心于

【近义词】

• calm
• decide
• determine
• establish
• fix
• quieten
• resolve

【反义词】

• unfix解开