settle
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['set(ə)l]
- 美式音标 [ˈset̬.əl]
- 国际音标 ['setl]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- 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
词源解说
- 直接源自古英语的setl;最初源自该语的setlan,意为一个座位,位置。
词根记忆
- set(放置) + tle→安放
- set(放置) + tle→放置在一个地方就好像定居了下来→定居,安家
- set(放置) + tle→安定,安顿
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- settled:稳定的;固定的。
- n性质的同根词
- settlement:解决,处理;[会计]结算;沉降;殖民。
- settler:移居者;殖民者。
- settling:安置;固定;沉淀物;移居。
- v性质的同根词
- settled:解决;定居(settle的过去分词)。
- settling:解决;安居(settle的ing形式)。
用法辨析
- 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)
英汉例句
- 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。 - The English settled New England.
英国人殖民于新英格兰。 - We have settled to go to France for our holidays.
我们已决定到法国去度假。 - Have you settled when to start off?
你们决定什么时候出发了吗? - We have settled that we'll go to Beijing.
我们已决定去北京。 - 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。
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+~(+A)
用作及物动词: S+~+ n./pron.
S+~+to- v
S+~+wh-to- v
S+~+that-clause
S+~+wh-clause
词组短语
- settle a claim 结清债务
- settle a conflict 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
用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
英英字典
- (AGREE) to reach a decision or an agreement about something, or to end a disagreement
- (MAKE COMFORTABLE) to relax into a comfortable position
- (LIVE) to go and live somewhere, especially permanently
- (MOVE LOWER) to move to a lower level and stay there; to drop
- (PAY) to pay, especially money that you owe
- (QUIET) to become quiet and calm, or to make something or someone do this
- (BE IN A CERTAIN STATE) to reach and remain at a certain level or in a certain state
- If people settle an argument or problem, or if something settles it, they solve it, for example, by making a decision about who is right or about what to do.
- If people settle a legal dispute or if they settle, they agree to end the dispute without going to a court of law, for example, by paying some money or by apologizing.
- If you settle a bill or debt, you pay the amount that you owe.
- If something is settled, it has all been decided and arranged.
- When people settle a place or in a place, or when a government settles them there, they start living there permanently.
- If you settle yourself somewhere or settle somewhere, you sit down or make yourself comfortable.
- If something settles or if you settle it, it sinks slowly down and becomes still.
- If your eyes settle on or upon something, you stop looking around and look at that thing for some time.
- When birds or insects settle on something, they land on it from above.
- a seat, for two or more people, usually made of wood with a high back and arms, and sometimes having a storage space in the boxlike seat
- &rarrsee also settled
- when the dust settles&rarrsee dust
- to settle a score&rarrsee score
剑桥英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 治理
Overall listing can settle down the relation trade, while other problems of governance still exist.
整体上市的国有控股公司仍然存在着除关联交易以外的其他公司治理问题。法学
- 转让,赠与(财产等):
- 结算
As a measurement equipment in power trade settle, the accuracy of power meter directly determines the fairness of trade settlement.
作为电能贸易结算中使用的计量器具,电能表的计量准确度直接决定了贸易结算的公平程度。历史学
- 安置
How this phenomenon is become, flowing the people to result in to the then society what affect, the end is how to settle again, these would be the textual research contents.
这个现象是如何形成的,流民对当时的社会造成了什么影响,最后又是如何安置的,这些便是本文的研究内容。交通运输工程
- 解决
- 安顿