settle
UK/'setl/US
NGSL 2kIELTSGREB1
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 Englishsettleother
=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.