A：Do you carry black ink?
      你们有黑墨水卖吗？

B：The ink should be next to the paper clips and thumb tacks in the stationary section, sir.
      墨水应该在文具部的回形针和图钉旁边，先生。

settle什么意思

A：I've looked, but I didn't see any black ink.
      我看过了，但没找到黑墨水。

B：Then I'm afraid there's none in stock.
      那我想是缺货了。

A：Well, I'll settle for blue-black. I'll also take a dozen airmail envelopes.
      嗯，那要蓝黑的也可以。我还要一打航空信封。

B：They come in packages of ten or twenty.
      信封分成十只一扎或二十只一扎出售。

A：Give me a package of twenty, then. And where do I find shoelaces?
      那就给我二十只一扎的。还有我去哪儿可以找到鞋带。

B：On counter three.
      在第三号柜台。

A：Thank you. I never can find my way around this store.
      谢谢，我在这家商店里总是搞不清商品的部位。

B：I know. It took me three weeks, and I work here.
      我知道。我在这儿工作，花了三个星期才熟悉。

1. 解决，结束(争端、纠纷)
    If people settle an argument or problem, or if something settles it, they solve it, for example by making a decision about who is right or about what to do.

    e.g. They agreed to try to settle their dispute by negotiation...
           他们同意通过谈判来努力解决纠纷。
    e.g. Both sides are looking for ways to settle their differences...
           双方都在寻求消除分歧的方法。

2. 庭外和解
    If people settle a legal dispute or if they settle, they agree to end the dispute without going to a court of law, for example by paying some money or by apologizing.

settle

    e.g. In an attempt to settle the case, Molken has agreed to pay restitution...
           为了争取庭外和解，莫尔肯同意赔款。
    e.g. She got much less than she would have done if she had settled out of court...
           如果她同意庭外和解的话，得到的肯定会更多。

3. 付清(欠款);结算(账单);结(账)
    If you settle a bill or debt, you pay the amount that you owe.

settle什么意思

    e.g. I settled the bill for my coffee and his two glasses of wine...
           我为我的咖啡和他的两杯葡萄酒付了账。
    e.g. They settled with Colin at the end of the evening.
           晚上聚会结束的时候他们和科林结清了账。

4. 决定;确定;安排好
    If something is settled, it has all been decided and arranged.

settle的意思

    e.g. As far as we're concerned, the matter is settled...
           我们这边已经安排妥当了。
    e.g. That's settled then. We'll exchange addresses tonight.
           那就定下来了，我们今晚交换联系地址。

5. (以遗嘱等正式方式)赠予,授予
    To settle money on someone means to formally give it to them, for example in a will.

    e.g. She offered to settle a legacy on Katharine.
           她提出要把一笔遗产留给凯瑟琳。

6. 在…定居;使定居;把…安置在
    When people settle a place or in a place, or when a government settles them there, they start living there permanently.

settle在线翻译

    e.g. Refugees settling in Britain suffer from a number of problems...
           在英国定居的难民面临很多问题。
    e.g. He visited Paris and eventually settled there...
           他造访了巴黎，并最终在那儿定居下来。

7. (使)坐下;(使)处于舒适的位置
    If you settle yourself somewhere or settle somewhere, you sit down or make yourself comfortable.

    e.g. Albert settled himself on the sofa...
           艾伯特舒舒服服地坐在沙发上。
    e.g. Jessica settled into her chair with a small sigh of relief.
           杰茜卡微微松了口气，坐到了椅子上。

8. (使)缓慢沉落;(使)逐渐下陷
    If something settles or if you settle it, it sinks slowly down and becomes still.

    e.g. A black dust settled on the walls...
           墙上落了一层黑色的粉尘。
    e.g. Once its impurities had settled, the oil could be graded...
           一旦杂质沉淀下去，油就可以分级了。

9. (目光)落在…上，注视着
    If your eyes settle on or upon something, you stop looking around and look at that thing for some time.

    e.g. The man let his eyes settle upon Cross's face.
           那名男子的目光落在了克罗斯的脸上。

10. (鸟、昆虫)降落，栖息
    When birds or insects settle on something, they land on it from above.

    e.g. Moths flew in front of it, eventually settling on the rough painted metal.
           几只蛾子在它前面飞，最终落在了那块粗糙的喷漆金属上。

11. see also: settled

12. when the dust settles -> see dust
      to settle a score -> see score

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