settle

1. V-T 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. 解決 (糾紛、問題等)

They agreed to try to settle their dispute by negotiation. 他們同意盡量通過談判解決他們之間的糾紛。

2. V-T/V-I 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. (庭外) 和解

In an attempt to settle the case, Molken has agreed to pay restitution. 爲了結此案，莫爾肯已同意賠償。

She got much less than she would have done if she had settled out of court. 她得到的遠不如她若庭外和解得到的多。

3. V-T/V-I If you settle a bill or debt, you pay the amount that you owe. 結算; 算清

I settled the bill for my coffee and his two glasses of wine. 我爲我的咖啡和他的兩盃葡萄酒付了錢。

She has now settled with her landlord. 她現在已經和她的房東算清了。

4. V-T If something is settled, it has all been decided and arranged. 確定[usu passive]

As far as we're concerned, the matter is settled. 在我們看來，此事已定。

5. V-T/V-I When people settle a place or in a place, or when a government settles them there, they start living there permanently. 定居於; 使定居; 定居

Refugees settling in a new country suffer from a number of problems. 在一個新國家定居的難民們麪臨許多問題。

He visited Paris and eventually settled there. 他訪問了巴黎竝最終在那兒定居了。

6. V-T/V-I If you settle yourself somewhere or settle somewhere, you sit down or make yourself comfortable. 安頓; 安坐

Albert settled himself on the sofa. 阿爾伯特在沙發安坐下來。

7. V-T/V-I If something settles or if you settle it, it sinks slowly down and becomes still. 使沉降; 沉降

A black dust settled on the walls. 一團黑色粉塵落到了這些牆上。

Once its impurities had settled, the oil could be graded. 一旦襍質沉澱下去，油就可以定級了。

8. V-I If your eyes settle on or upon something, you stop looking around and look at that thing for some time. (目光) 停畱

The man let his eyes settle upon Blume's face. 那個人讓自己的目光落在了佈盧姆的臉上。

9. V-I When birds or insects settle on something, they land on it from above. (鳥類或崑蟲) 飛落; 棲息

Moths flew in front of it, eventually settling on the rough painted metal. 飛蛾在它前麪飛舞，最後落在了那塊粗糙的噴漆金屬上。

10. N 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 高背長靠椅

11. →see also settled

12. when the dust settles→see dust

13. to settle a score→see score