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IELTS BNC: 1295 COCA: 1316

settle

Word family 
set·tle /ˈsetl/ ●●● S2 W2 verb
1  end argument 結束爭論 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]ARGUE# to end an argument or solve a disagreement 和解；結束〔爭論〕；解決〔分歧〕
settle a dispute/lawsuit/conflict/argument etc
Rodman met with Kreeger to try and settle the dispute over his contract.
羅德曼與克裏格見了面，試圖解決有關他合同的分歧。
We hope the factions will be able to settle their differences (=agree to stop arguing) by peaceful means.
我們希望各派系能以和平方式解決分歧。
Forensic tests should settle the question of whether Bates was actually present at the scene of the crime.
法醫檢驗應該能夠解決貝茨是否在犯罪現場的問題。
settle with
She finally settled with her former employers for an undisclosed sum.
最後她和她以前的僱主以數目不詳的一筆錢做了了結。
They might be willing to settle out of court (=come to an agreement without going to a court of law).
他們或許會願意庭外和解。
2  decide 決定 [transitiveT usually passive]DECIDE to decide what you are going to do, especially so that you can make definite arrangements 確定，決定
Nothing’s settled yet.
一切都還未定。
It’s settled then. I’ll go back to the States in June.
那就這麽定了，我六月份回美國。
‘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歲。”“那好，我們不帶她去喽！”
3  start living in a place 開始在某地生活
a) [intransitiveI, transitiveT]LIVE SOMEWHERE to go to a place where no people have lived permanently before and start to live there 〔在以前無人居住過的地方〕殖民定居，移民定居
This territory was settled in the mid-1850s by German immigrants.
這地區在19世紀50年代中期開始有德國移民定居。
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.
許多猶太人在（紐約曼哈頓）下東區定居。
4  comfortable 舒適的 [intransitiveI, transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]SIT to put yourself or someone else in a comfortable position （使）處於舒適的位置
settle yourself in/on etc something
Donna did not dare settle herself too comfortably into her seat, in case she fell asleep.
唐娜不敢在椅子裏坐得太舒服，她怕會睡着。
The dog settled on the grass to enjoy its bone.
那條狗舒舒服服地在草地上享受骨頭的美味。
A nurse settled the old man into a chair.
一名護士幫助這位老人坐到椅子上。
→ settle back
5  quiet/calm 平靜/安定 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] (also settle down)CALM to become quiet and calm, or to make someone quiet and calm （使）平靜，（使）安定
When the children had settled, Miss Brown gave out the new reading books.
孩子們靜下來後，布朗小姐給他們發新的故事書。
She breathed deeply to settle her nerves (=stop herself from feeling worried or frightened).
她深深地吸了口氣平靜自己的情緒。
6  move down 向下移動 [intransitiveI]
a) DOWNif dust, snow etc settles, it comes down and stays in one place 〔灰塵、雪等〕降落，落下
settle on
Snow settled on the roofs.
雪花飄落到房頂上。
b) DOWNif a bird, insect etc settles, it flies down and rests on something 〔鳥、昆蟲等〕停落，飛落
settle on
A fly kept trying to settle on his face.
一只蒼蠅老是想停到他臉上。
c) if something such as a building or the ground settles, it sinks slowly to a lower level 〔建築物、地面等〕沉降，下陷
The crack in the wall is caused by the ground settling.
牆上的裂縫是由地面沉降造成的。
7  pay money 付錢 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]PAY FOR to pay money that is owed 結清，結算
settle a bill/account/claim
I always settle my account in full each month.
我總是每月都把我的賬全部結清。
These insurance companies take forever to settle a claim.
這些保險公司要拖很久才支付索賠款項。
settle with
He was able to settle with his creditors, and avoid going to jail.
他向債主還清欠款，避免了一場牢獄之災。
8  organize business/money 處理好業務/錢款 [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 處理，結算〔業務、錢或財物〕
When it is finally settled, the Marshall estate may be worth no more than $100,000.
最後處理完畢後，馬歇爾莊園的價值可能不會超過10萬美元。
After her husband’s death, Jackie went to the city to settle his affairs.
丈夫去世後，傑姬進城去料理後事。
9  settle a score/account FINISH DOING somethingto do something to hurt or cause trouble for someone because they have harmed or offended you 清算積怨，報宿仇
Did he have any enemies – someone with an old score to settle?
他是不是有什麽仇人——和他結有宿怨的人？
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
Her gaze settled on a door, and she wondered what was on the other side of it.
她的目光停留在一扇門上，心裏在想，門的那一邊會是什麽呢？
11  feeling/quality 感覺/特質 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] writtenEFFECT/INFLUENCE if a quality or feeling settles over a place or person, it begins and has a strong effect 圍繞；充滿；強烈影響
settle over/on
An uneasy silence settled over the room.
房間裏彌漫着一種令人不安的寂靜。
Depression settled over her like a heavy black cloud.
憂鬱情緒就像一片沉重的烏雲籠罩在她的心頭。
12  expression 表情 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] writtenHBHEXPRESSION ON somebody'S FACE if a particular expression settles on your face, it stays there 〔某種表情在臉上〕固定下來，凝固
A disapproving frown settled on her face.
她不悅地皺起了眉頭。
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〕變舒服；緩解（胃部）不適
Georgia had taken pills to settle her stomach, but she was still throwing up every hour.
喬治娅已經吃了藥來緩解胃部不適，但還是每小時吐一次。
→ 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
IELTS BNC: 1295 COCA: 1316
settle

verb¹

 1end an argument結束爭議ADVERB | VERB + SETTLE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERB➤amicably, peacefully友好／和平解決◇Hopes of settling the conflict peacefully are fading.和平解決爭端的希望逐漸破滅。➤eventually, finally最終解決◇The matter has not yet been finally settled.事情還沒有最終解決。➤out of court庭外和解◇The company has agreed to settle out of court (= come to an agreement without going to court).該公司同意庭外和解。VERB + SETTLE➤attempt to, try to試圖解決▸➤agree to同意解決PREPOSITION➤for勉強接受◇I ran well but still had to settle for second.我跑得不錯，但是只得了第二名。➤on選定◇After much deliberation, he finally settled on a fur rug.考慮再三，他最終選了一塊毛皮地毯。➤with與⋯和解◇After six months the company finally settled with the unions.6 個月後，公司最終與工會達成和解。PHRASES➤an attempt to settle sth解決⋯的嘗試
settle

verb²

 2choose a permanent home選擇永久居住地ADVERB | VERB + SETTLE | PHRASES ADVERB➤permanently永久定居◇He has now settled permanently in London.他現已在倫敦永久定居。➤eventually, finally最終定居▸➤happily幸福地定居VERB + SETTLE➤decide to, intend to決定／打算定居PHRASES➤be densely settled, be sparsely settled人口稠密／稀疏◇a fertile area that was densely settled in early times早期人口稠密的肥沃地區➤be ready to settle down準備好安頓下來◇She felt she wasn't yet ready to settle down.她覺得自己還沒有準備好安頓下來。
settle

verb³

 3make sb/yourself comfortable使舒適ADVERB | VERB + SETTLE | PHRASES ADVERB➤comfortably, happily, peacefully舒適地／高興地／安詳地坐下◇He settled himself more comfortably in his chair.他讓自己在椅子上坐得更舒服些。➤quickly, soon迅速／即刻坐下➤slowly慢慢坐下VERB + SETTLE➤be unable to, cannot不能／無法平靜下來◇Unable to settle, she trailed around the house all day.她無法平靜下來，一整天都在房子裏無精打采地轉悠。◇He was anxious and couldn't settle.他焦急萬分，不能平靜。➤allow sb to, let sb讓某人平靜下來◇She kept fussing around, refusing to let him settle.她不停地在邊上瞎搗騰，就是不讓他清靜。➤help (to), help sb (to)有助平靜；幫助某人平靜◇I took a pill to help settle my nerves.我吃了片藥，以使自己平靜下來。PHRASES➤settle down to do sth舒服地坐下來做⋯◇Finally they settled down to watch an old movie.最後他們坐下來看一部老片子。
settle

verb

 ●settle in, settle into sthADVERB➤happily, nicely高興地在⋯安定下來；很好地適應⋯◇The kids settled happily into their new school.孩子們愉快地融入了他們的新學校。➤quickly, soon迅速／很快適應⋯PREPOSITION➤for為⋯安頓下來◇They prepared to settle in for the night.他們準備安頓下來過夜。
IELTS BNC: 1295 COCA: 1316
settle verb
⇨ agree 3 (settle your affairs) ⇨ confirm 3 (That settles it!) ⇨ land (dust settles) ⇨ move in (settle in Vienna) ⇨ pay (settle your debts) ⇨ put 1 (settle the blanket around herself) ⇨ resolve (settle a dispute) ⇨ settle a score ⇨ fight back
IELTS BNC: 1295 COCA: 1316

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