一、详细释义：


v.

（使）定居，安定 [I,T]


例句：

When are you going to marry and settle down?

你什麽时候结婚过上安定生活？


例句：

Let us settle ourselves, and work and wedge our feet downward through the mud and slush of opinion.

让我们安定下来工作，踏过舆论的污泥浊水。


解决；安排 [I,T]


例句：

I was willing to settle my grudge with harrison.

我原意解决我和哈里森的怨恨。


例句：

New moves to settle the disagreement between the workers and employers have ended in failure.

为解决劳资纠纷所采取的新措施已告失败。


沉淀；下陷 [I,T]


例句：

A black dust settled on the walls.

墙上落了一层黑色的粉尘。


例句：

Once its impurities had settled, the oil could be graded.

一旦杂质沉淀下去，油就可以分级了。


二、词义辨析：


decide,determine,resolve,settle

这些动词都含“决定”之意。 decide侧重指经过思考、比较、讨论或询问之后做出的决定。 determine指经过深思熟虑，决心去做某事并坚持施行。 resolve语气较强，强调以坚定不移的信念去做或不做某事，暗含有远大抱负和坚强决心。 settle指排除犹豫、怀疑和争论之后作出明确的最终结论。


三、词义辨析：


dwell,reside,live,lodge,inhabit,settle

这些动词均有“居住、定居”之意。 dwell文学上的用词，口语中通常用live代替。 reside书面用词，指合法的永久性居住，也指在豪华的住宅里居住。 live最普通用词，指固定的居住，可以是长期的，也可以是临时的。 lodge指短时间或临时住宿。 inhabit强调人或动物居住在某个地区并已适应某种特殊环境。 settle侧重指某人定居于城市、国家或地区，而不指居住的住所。


四、相关短语：


settle down

v. 1.定居，平静下来 2.专心于


settle on

在…安家;选定,决定,同意


一、参考例句：


Please settle your account immediately.

请立刻结清你的欠帐。


Alum will settle turbid water.

明矾可以澄清浊水。


They settle for second best.

不争第一。


You must settle the matter among yourselves.

你们必须自己商量解决这件事。


Did the tar settle on the road?

路上的柏油干硬了吗？


Let's settle down to studies.

让我们安下心来读书。


I would adore to settle back homeland.

我非常喜欢回家乡定居.


It can help your mind settle down.

这能让你能心静下来。


I can't settle down to anything at present.

目前，我做什么都安不下心来。


When are you going to marry and settle down?

你什麽时候结婚过上安定生活？