1.[t][i]~ (sth)结束（争论、争端等）；解决（分歧、纠纷等）to put an end to an argument or a disagreement
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) .那家公司同意庭外和解。
2.[t][oftpass]（最终）决定，确定，安排好to decide or arrange sth finally
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处理好才能回家。
It's been settled that we leave on the nine o'clock plane.已经定好我们乘坐九点的航班离开。
3.[i]+ adv./prep.定居to make a place your permanent home
She settled in Vienna after her father's death.父亲死后，她就在维也纳定居了。
4.[t][usupass][i]~ sth.+ adv./prep.殖民；作为移民在殖民地定居to make your permanent home in a country or an area as colonists
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。
5.[i][t]使处于舒适的位置to make yourself or sb else comfortable in a new position
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。
6.[t]~ sth + adv./prep.把…放好；安放to put sth carefully in a position so that it does not move
She settled the blanket around her knees.她用毯子裹住膝盖。
7.[i][t]（使）平静下来，安静下来，定下心来to become or make sb/sth become calm or relaxed
The baby wouldn't settle.婴儿安静不下来。
I took a pill to help settle my nerves.我吃了一片药，好镇定一下神经。
This should settle your stomach.这样你的胃应该就不难受了。
8.[i]~ (on/over sth)降落；停留to fall from above and come to rest on sth; to stay for some time on sth
Dust had settled on everything.到处落满灰尘。
Two birds settled on the fence.两只鸟落在篱笆上。
I don't think the snow will settle(= remain on the ground without melting) .我看这雪存不住。
His gaze settled on her face.他的目光落在她脸上。
9.[i][t]~ (sth)（使）沉降，下陷，变得密实to sink slowly down; to make sth do this
The contents of the package may have settled in transit.包裹里的东西可能在运输途中摇密实了。
10.[t][i]付清（欠款）；结算；结账to pay the money that you owe
Please settle your bill before leaving the hotel.请您先结账再离开旅馆。
The insurance company is refusing to settle her claim.保险公司拒付她提出的索赔款项。
Let me settle with you for the meal.我来把饭费付给你。
I'll pay now─we can settle up later.现在我来付账，咱们以后再算。
‘Who would do such a thing?’ ‘Maybe someone with an old score to settle.’“谁做得出这样的事呢？”“也许是结有宿怨的人吧。”
‘Who would do such a thing?’ ‘Maybe someone with an old score to settle.’“谁做得出这样的事呢？”“也许是结有宿怨的人吧。”
1.高背长椅（老式木家具，有扶手，座下多带柜）an old-fashioned piece of furniture with a long wooden seat and a high back and arms, often also with a box for storing things under the seat
The agreement is often held up as a model to economically troubled countries for how to settle outstanding debts.
处理如何支付未完成债务，这个协议经常被陷入经济困境的国家所引用。
I'm glad that I made the right choice. People must have dreams. Even if it's not close within reach, do not give up or settle with reality.
我也庆幸自己做了对的决定，所以人还是要有梦想，就算眼前没办法达成，也不要放弃或接受了现实的安排。
Please relax and focus on your breath. Allow your breathing to slow down and gently settle into a gentle and rhythmic breathing.
请放松而且把焦点集中在你的呼吸上。让你的呼缓减慢而且逐渐地进入柔和有规律旋律呼吸之内。
In Tokyo Mr Obama and Mr Hatoyama promised to "move expeditiously" to settle the matter.
在东京，两位元首承诺将“加紧行动”解决此事。
We have decided to settle the matter once and for all.
我们决定一劳永逸地解决这个问题。
Some of the children of these immigrants moved away from their old neighborhoods to settle in various parts of the United States.
这些移民的后代则离开了他们原来的居住地散住在美国各地。
Let me take a run at that and see if the effort helps settle the crash-versus-soft-landing debate. Or at least moves it along a bit.
就让我来做这个工作吧，看看能否有助于平息泡沫破裂和软着陆的争论，或者至少让大家看的更清楚一些。
I think it's only correct that he gets a little bit of time to bed in and settle down and he's had that now.
我想对他来说唯一正确的事是好好睡一觉并安顿下来，而他现在已经搞定了。
He never seems to settle on any particular girl.
他似乎永远不会停下来在任何一个女孩身边。
People familiar with the matter say Goldman was given no opportunity to settle before the complaint was announced last Friday.
知情人士表示，证交会上周五宣布起诉前，并没有给高盛任何机会来达成和解。
Dalglish accepts there will be some movement in and out but he will not settle for anything less than the best in terms of new arrivals.
加下必有转会运作，但是在新援方面也不会勉强同意非最好的球员加盟！
where I could again settle down and enjoy all that I had brought back with me.
在巴格达我又可以安定下来，享受我随身带回来的种种宝物。
When she came to say goodbye, the family asked her to settle an argument they'd been having over exactly what advice she had given.
当她来道别时，（那）家人请她就不断以来悬而未决的争论给出一个倡议。
When can just stop, stop well rest, do not go troubling these things? sentence the way that did not settle?
什么时候才能停下来，停下来好好的休息，不去烦恼这些事情啊？难道句没有解决的办法吗？
Rebecca is very realities to the love. Because of losing her mother when she was a child, there's no one who can settle the wedding for her.
利蓓加对“爱情”是非常实际的，由于从小失去了母亲，没人替她张罗婚事，于是，她“要做自己的妈妈”，亲自出马去选择丈夫。
"Come off it, Brod, " Luke was beginning ready to settle down to a good harsh scientific argument.
“别来这一手啦，布洛德，”卢克开始这么说，他准备要着手好好进行一番真刀真枪的科学辩论。
Now, as the dust begins to settle, I can't help wondering how all this might affect London in the long run.
现在，随着事情渐渐地水落石出，我开始考虑，这次的事件会给伦敦带来什么样的影响。
If it is possible to be a good defender and good rebounder without toughness, then the Lakers should settle for rebounders and defenders.
如果打得不强悍都能成为防守出色的篮板捍卫者的话，那湖人的当务之急就是解决二次篮板和整体防守的问题。
I tried to get her to settle down and eventually got her to stop crying.
我试着让她平静下来，终于使她停止了哭泣。
The next day, Salla began to take stock of her life, and thought it was time to settle down.
第二天，萨拉思量自己的一生，觉得是时候安顿下来了。
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