Settle



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 安置于;决定;栖息
• ［英］ v. 安置于 ( place) ; 决定 ( decide on) ; 栖息 ( come to rest)
• ［类］ 反义词: roil ( 搅浑, 扰乱, 激怒)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (settled; settling)

• Etymology: Middle English, to seat, bring to rest, come to rest, from Old English setlan, from setl seat
• Date: 1515
• transitive verb
  • 1. to place so as to stay
  • 2.
    • a. to establish in residence
    • b. to furnish with inhabitants ; colonize
  • 3.
    • a. to cause to pack down
    • b. to clarify by causing dregs or impurities to sink
  • 4. to make quiet or orderly
  • 5.
    • a. to fix or resolve conclusively <settle the question>
    • b. to establish or secure permanently <settle the order of royal succession>
    • c. to conclude (a lawsuit) by agreement between parties usually out of court
    • d. to close (as an account) by payment often of less than is due
  • 6. to arrange in a desired position
  • 7. to make or arrange for final disposition of <settled his affairs>
  • 8. of an animal impregnate
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to come to rest
  • 2.
    • a. to sink gradually or to the bottom
    • b. to become clear by the deposit of sediment or scum
    • c. to become compact by sinking
  • 3.
    • a. to become fixed, resolved, or established <a cold settled in his chest>
    • b. to establish a residence or colony <settled in Wisconsin> — often used with down
  • 4.
    • a. to become quiet or orderly
    • b. to take up an ordered or stable life — often used with down<marry and settle down>
  • 5.
    • a. to adjust differences or accounts
    • b. to come to a decision — used with on or upon<settled on a new plan>
    • c. to conclude a lawsuit by agreement out of court
  • 6. of an animal conceive
• Synonyms: see decide
• ? settleable adjective

II. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, place for sitting, seat, chair, from Old English setl; akin to Old High German sezzal seat, Latin sella seat, chair, Old English sittan to sit
• Date: 1553
• ［trn］ a wooden bench with arms, a high soli

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