settle

🇬🇧 UK/'setl/🇺🇸 US

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Definitions

v.

To resolve or conclude a matter; to make calm or orderly; to establish a home or colony in a place.

解决，处理；安定，平静；定居

n.

A long wooden bench with a high back and arms, often with storage space underneath.

有背长椅

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English

settleother

=settle

Common Collocations

1.settle a dispute解决争端
2.settle down安定下来
3.settle in适应新环境
4.reach a settlement达成和解

Example Sentences

1.
The two companies agreed to settle their dispute out of court.
2.
It took her a few weeks to settle into her new apartment and neighborhood.
3.
Thousands of immigrants settled in the region during the nineteenth century.

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