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settle

Word family 
set·tle /ˈsetl/ ●●● S2 W2 verb  
1  end argument 结束争论 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]ARGUE# to end an argument or solve a disagreement 和解；结束〔争论〕；解决〔分歧〕
settle a dispute/lawsuit/conflict/argument etc
 Rodman met with Kreeger to try and settle the dispute over his contract.
罗德曼与克里格见了面，试图解决有关他合同的分歧。
 We hope the factions will be able to settle their differences (=agree to stop arguing) by peaceful means.
我们希望各派系能以和平方式解决分歧。
 Forensic tests should settle the question of whether Bates was actually present at the scene of the crime.
法医检验应该能够解决贝茨是否在犯罪现场的问题。
settle with
 She finally settled with her former employers for an undisclosed sum.
最后她和她以前的雇主以数目不详的一笔钱做了了结。
 They might be willing to settle out of court (=come to an agreement without going to a court of law).
他们或许会愿意庭外和解。
2  decide 决定 [transitiveT usually passive]DECIDE to decide what you are going to do, especially so that you can make definite arrangements 确定，决定
 Nothing’s settled yet.
一切都还未定。
 It’s settled then. I’ll go back to the States in June.
那就这么定了，我六月份回美国。
 ‘She’s only 15.’ ‘That settles it (=that is enough information for a definite decision to be made)! We’re not taking her with us!’
“她才15岁。”“那好，我们不带她去喽！”
3  start living in a place 开始在某地生活
a) [intransitiveI, transitiveT]LIVE SOMEWHERE to go to a place where no people have lived permanently before and start to live there 〔在以前无人居住过的地方〕殖民定居，移民定居
 This territory was settled in the mid-1850s by German immigrants.
这地区在19世纪50年代中期开始有德国移民定居。
n Grammar
Settle is usually passive in this meaning, when used as a transitive verb.
b) [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]LIVE SOMEWHERE to go to live in a new place, and stay there for a long time 定居
settle in
 Many Jewish people settled in the Lower East Side.
许多犹太人在（纽约曼哈顿）下东区定居。
4  comfortable 舒适的 [intransitiveI, transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]SIT to put yourself or someone else in a comfortable position （使）处于舒适的位置
settle yourself in/on etc something
 Donna did not dare settle herself too comfortably into her seat, in case she fell asleep.
唐娜不敢在椅子里坐得太舒服，她怕会睡着。
 The dog settled on the grass to enjoy its bone.
那条狗舒舒服服地在草地上享受骨头的美味。
 A nurse settled the old man into a chair.
一名护士帮助这位老人坐到椅子上。
→ settle back
5  quiet/calm 平静/安定 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] (also settle down)CALM to become quiet and calm, or to make someone quiet and calm （使）平静，（使）安定
 When the children had settled, Miss Brown gave out the new reading books.
孩子们静下来后，布朗小姐给他们发新的故事书。
 She breathed deeply to settle her nerves (=stop herself from feeling worried or frightened).
她深深地吸了口气平静自己的情绪。
6  move down 向下移动 [intransitiveI]
a) DOWNif dust, snow etc settles, it comes down and stays in one place 〔灰尘、雪等〕降落，落下
settle on
 Snow settled on the roofs.
雪花飘落到房顶上。
b) DOWNif a bird, insect etc settles, it flies down and rests on something 〔鸟、昆虫等〕停落，飞落
settle on
 A fly kept trying to settle on his face.
一只苍蝇老是想停到他脸上。
c) if something such as a building or the ground settles, it sinks slowly to a lower level 〔建筑物、地面等〕沉降，下陷
 The crack in the wall is caused by the ground settling.
墙上的裂缝是由地面沉降造成的。
7  pay money 付钱 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]PAY FOR to pay money that is owed 结清，结算
8  organize business/money 处理好业务/钱款 [transitiveT]FINISH DOING something to deal with all the details of a business or of someone’s money or property, so that nothing further needs to be done 处理，结算〔业务、钱或财物〕
9  settle a score/account FINISH DOING somethingto do something to hurt or cause trouble for someone because they have harmed or offended you 清算积怨，报宿仇
Examples from the Corpus
settle a score/account• Schiavo certainly deserves no credit for scaring people needlessly just to settle a score.• Boudjema believes that the opposition parties are settling a score with the Socialist government and using the schoolgirls as a scapegoat.
10  somebody’s eyes/gaze settles on somebody/something writtenLOOK AT if your eyes settle on someone or something, you notice them and look at them for a period of time 某人的目光停留在某人/某物上
11  feeling/quality 感觉/特质 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] writtenEFFECT/INFLUENCE if a quality or feeling settles over a place or person, it begins and has a strong effect 围绕；充满；强烈影响
12  expression 表情 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] writtenHBHEXPRESSION ON somebody'S FACE if a particular expression settles on your face, it stays there 〔某种表情在脸上〕固定下来，凝固
13  stomach 胃 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]HBH if your stomach settles, or if something settles it, it stops feeling uncomfortable or making you sick 〔胃部〕变舒服；缓解（胃部）不适
→ let the dust settle/wait for the dust to settle at dust1(5)
n COLLOCATIONS
nouns
settle a dispute/argument/conflict
Every effort was made to settle the dispute, without success.
settle a lawsuit/case
The city will pay $875,000 to settle the lawsuit.
settle a question/matter
It is the area of pricing which may settle the question of which to buy.
settle your differences (=agree to stop arguing)
The two recently met to settle their differences.
adverbs
settle something finally/eventually
The case was finally settled by the Appeal Court.
settle something amicably (=in a friendly way, without using a court of law)
The dispute was settled amicably.
phrases
settle out of court (=come to an agreement without going to a court of law)
She talked to a lawyer and settled out of court with her former employer.
 PHRASAL VERBS
Examples from the Corpus
settle• Historians are unsure when the territory was first settled.• The existing chimney's foundation has settled and needs to be replaced.• However, he settled down again and, with his assistant Brunskill, continued to rule the gallows.• I ask the House to settle down and listen to the questions.• Blue resigns himself to a long wait and then settles down with his newspapers and magazines.• The players need to have a chance to settle down.• After her husband's death, Jackie went to the city to settle her husband's affairs.• She settled herself by an oak tree on a hill overlooking the town.• The family settled in a small Nevada town where they opened a store.• We lived in Thailand, then Singapore, and finally settled in Hong Kong.• Many Jewish immigrants settled in the Lower East Side.• So that settles it. We'll pay you half the purchase price now, and the rest over two years.• Before settling on a mandatory-guideline system, Congress considered other competing proposals for sentencing reform.• A look of fury settled on his face.• We talked to the carpenter to settle plans for the expansion of the restaurant.• I settled the bill and left the restaurant.• Last year the Department of the Environment was brought in to settle the case.• In the end we settled the deal on very favorable terms.• Once the question of the location of the state leper home was settled, the disease ceased to make headlines.• Please settle this account within two weeks.• Nothing is settled yet.
settle a dispute/lawsuit/conflict/argument etc• It would be sensible for dioceses to establish procedures for arbitration in case these are needed to settle disputes.• Mercy and others who track violence see two disturbing trends, also reflected locally: Guns increasingly are used to settle disputes.• During 1975-9 they did settle disputes by threatening violence and by paying compensation, and said that this was customary.• Wright State has settled a lawsuit filed by Ralph Underhill agreeing to pay the former basketball coach about $ 125,000.• They're here to settle a dispute over whether or not to build a loo in the vestry of the fourteenth century church.• Their father encouraged his sons to settle disputes with fists and arranged boxing matches at home.• We will consult on a Lay Adjudicators scheme to make it easier for citizens to settle disputes with service providers.• The tribunals were intended to provide a way for rural residents to settle disputes without legal formalities.
settle in• It didn't take Charlie long to settle into his new job.• Within a month she had settled into a moderate exercise regimen.• Paul never really settled in at his last school.• We normally give new employees a little while to settle in before we overload them with responsibilities.
settle yourself in/on etc something• All three brothers had settled themselves in the area, Nathan's being a pleasant semi-detached residence of three storeys.• At home the new Labour Government was settling itself in.• Dry and fed, Ralph settled himself in front of the telephone.• He settles himself on the roof.• She settled herself in the driver's seat and held out her hand for the keys.• So I settled myself in a small tavern just down the street.• They settled themselves in a comer, both facing the door so that they had instant warning of anyone's approach.
settle ... nerves• Her hands had been clammy and her breathing irregular, but a small brandy had helped to settle her nerves.• She breathed deeply, trying to settle her nerves.• Lynn Bollington scored early on to settle the nerves and two Jo Green goals secured the win.• Hignett then scored from the spot before Martijn Reuser settled the nerves of the East Anglian contingent.
settle on• We watched as a butterfly settled on a branch near our window.• Can we at least settle on a date for our next meeting?• Hiroaki wanted white and I wanted black, so we settled on grey.• We finally settled on Miami as the site of our next conference.
settle a bill/account/claim• Officials can seize a home and sell it to settle a tax bill.• Many Japanese companies settle their annual accounts at the end of March.• It had set aside $ 24 million to settle claims by former managers that it had failed to pay required overtime.• Cigarette-makers agreed in 1998 to pay the states $ 252 billion to settle claims for smoking-related health costs.• You use them just like ordinary cheques here to settle bills or draw cash.
settle ... affairs• It aims to treat all taxpayers with equal fairness and to settle their tax affairs impartially.
settle over/on• She settled on a one-pound sack of cookies for about $ 1.• In the end she settled on a stiff dose of Courvoisier brandy poured straight into Lucy's mug.• The soil where the bombs fell had been pulverised into black dust that had settled on everything.• I settled on one of the gauges on the instrument panel in front of me.• She had settled on the bottom with her bows more or less on a north-south line.• I finally settled on the idea of studying pharmacy.• When you are ready, fly down to Earth; settle on the moist green banks of a running stream.• A sense of peace settled on the town's inhabitants.• The meditation program he settled on was an Eastern breath-counting exercise.
From Longman Business Dictionary
settleset·tle /ˈsetl/ verb
1[intransitiveI, transitiveT] to end an argument by agreeing to do something
The two companies signed a pact that settled the patent suit.
Before the second phase of the trial, the company settled out of court (=ended the argument without having to go to court).
settle something with somebody
The bankruptcy trustee ultimatelysettled thedispute with shareholders.
2[intransitiveI]FINANCE if prices on a market settle, they stop rising or falling and stay at a particular level for a period of time
Crude oil futures prices settled lower in light trading.
3[transitiveT]FINANCE to pay money that is owed
Proceeds from the sale will be used to settle debt to other creditors.
Credit cards are one of the best ways of settling bills when you travel abroad.
→ settle on/upon
→ settle up
Origin settle
Old English setlan
set·tle verb →n GRAMMAR1 →n GRAMMAR2
→n COLLOCATIONS1 →PHRASAL VERBS1
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