【settle音标】 英[ˈsetl] 美[ˈsetl]
【单词释义】 settle是什么意思：
vt.解决；安排；使定居；使沉淀
vi.下沉；定居
n.高背长靠椅
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] settles [第三人称单数] settles
[单词现在分词] settling
[单词过去式] settled
[单词过去分词] settled
【settle形近词/近似词】
nettle n.荨麻；〈比喻〉使人烦恼的事 v.惹怒，使恼火；拿荨麻打
unsettle v.扰乱；使不安定
mettle n. [U] 精神，勇气；毅力
kettle n.（烧水用的）壶
【常用短语】
settle down 定居；安定下来
settle into 习惯于...
settle on 选择；选定
【单词例句】
◇ Having reached her destination, she settled in an inn recommended by the travel agent.
抵达目的地后，她在一间旅行代理推荐的旅馆安顿下来。
---- Study in America
◇ With its teamwork, Mark used a net to drag the seal to the shallow water. Without pausing he helped it out after a simple operation and settled it in a narrow cave by the seaside.
在这只海豹的合作下，马克用一张网把它拖到浅水区，并毫不停歇给它动了一个简单的手术，帮助它解决了问题，然后将它安置在海边一个狭窄的洞里。
---- Mark and a Seal
◇ His train started from Vancouver, a city surrounded by mountains. After confirming his baggage was aboard the train, Kuang settled down in his seat.
他的火车从群山围绕的温哥华启程。在证实了自己的行李都在火车上之后，光就在座位上安坐下来。
◇ In order to calm him down and settle his problem, she talked with him face to face and swapped a series of learning tips with him.
为了使他冷静下来好好解决问题，她和他面对面地交谈，并交换了一系列的学习心得技巧。
---- Fall in Love with English
◇ On top of this, the inflammation can become so bad that scarring is left behind when the pimple finally settles down. And scarring (unlike the pimple) can be permanent.
除此以外，如果炎症很严重，在痘痘沉淀下来后，还会留下疤痕。而这种疤痕和痘痘不同，疤痕是永久性的。
---- Should we be popping pimples?
◇ Having survived her day of housework, Kirsten Taylor has now settled into the new routine. She loves spending more time with her son, saving money on childcare and getting through her to-do list. Her personality and "head down, bum up" work style suit the arrangement perfectly, she says.
好不容易结束了干家务的一天，柯尔斯顿·泰勒现在适应了新常规。她喜欢和儿子共度更多时光，省下了一些托管费，也做了更多想做的事。她说，她的性格和“埋头苦干”的工作风格与新的工作制非常合拍。
---- New Zealand employees try four-day week
◇ "Once someone gets into work they likely take some time to check emails and settle in," Trougakos says. "Then it takes time to become immersed in whatever task they are working on. So 11am as a peak productivity time for task completion makes sense."
特劳加科斯说：“一旦人们开始工作，他们可能会花些时间查看电邮，并开始处理工作事务。之后还要过些时间人们才能沉浸在工作任务中。所以上午11点工作效率最高是有道理的。”
---- Is this the best time to be productive?
◇ Serious doubts remain over whether consumers will be interested in having to make the sort of mental effort associated with computing while also settling down in front of a sitcom.
现在严重的疑虑是当消费者坐下来看连续剧时，是否有兴趣用电脑做些智力游戏。