单词 | settle |
例句 | settle verb 1.•they settled the dispute:resolve, sort out, solve, clear up, end, fix, work out, iron out, straighten out, set right, rectify, remedy, reconcile | informal patch up. ANT prolong. 2.•she settled their affairs:put in order, sort out, tidy up, arrange, organize, order, clear up. 3.•they settled on a date for the wedding:decide on, set, fix, agree on, name, establish, arrange, appoint, designate, assign | choose, select, pick. 4.•she went down to the lobby to settle her bill:pay, settle up, square, clear, defray. 5.•they settled for a 4.2% raise:accept, agree to, assent to | formal accede to. 6.•he settled in Otsego County:make one's home in, set up home in, take up residence in, put down roots in, establish oneself in | live in, move to, emigrate to. 7.•immigrants settled much of Australia:colonize, occupy, inhabit, people, populate. 8.•Catherine settled down to her work:apply oneself to, get down to, set about, attack | concentrate on, focus on, devote oneself to. 9.•the class wouldn't settle down :calm down, quiet down, be quiet, be still | informal shut up. 10.•a brandy will settle your nerves:calm, quiet | Brit. quieten, soothe, pacify, quell | sedate, tranquilize. ANT agitate, disturb. 11.•he settled into an armchair:sit down, seat oneself, install oneself, ensconce oneself, plant oneself | informal park oneself, plunk oneself. 12.•a butterfly settled on the flower:land, come to rest, alight, descend, perch | archaic light. 13.•when the stirring stops, the sediment settles:sink, subside, fall, gravitate. ANT rise. |
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