settle用法详解

settle

[点拨] settle作动词，可表示多种含义，如“定居；安顿；坐下；(使……)安定下来；确定；解决(纠纷等)”。

[例句研习] 翻译下面句子中的划线部分。

(1) After they got married, they settled in Brighton. ________

(2) John and I agreed to work together and settle our differences later. ________

(3) His words made me confident and settled me down quite a bit. ________

(4) He settled comfortably into the chair. ________

(5) She has settled that she will stay in this big city. ________

(6) The woman settled her child in the room of the hotel and went out. ________

Keys: (One possible version) (1) 定居(2) 解决(3) 使……安定下来(4) 坐下(5) 确定(6) 安顿

[拓展] settler n.移民；殖民者

settlement n.定居地；解决

[即学即练]用settle的适当形式填空。

1) Early ______ in this area had a difficult life.

2) We hope for a last ______ of all these troubles.

3) They ______ in Shanghai last year and enjoy living there.