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1. I want $2000 for my car and I won''t settle for less.
我要两千美元才卖车,低于这个价我可不要。
2. We reached the hotel late and had to settle for a room without a view.
我们到旅馆时已很晚,只好勉强要了一间看不到风景的房间。
3. 公共查询·英语单词
3. Since money was tight, we settled for a short trip to the south.
既然钱紧了一点,我们退而求其次,来一趟短期的南部之旅。
Shopping in the Dime Store-(在低价商店购物)
A:Do you carry black ink?
你们有黑墨水卖吗?
settle for
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。
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. 对...感到满足,满足于:settle down 定居;安下心来 | settle for 对...感到满足,满足于 | settle one''s account 结算;付讫
2. 满足于:11.nurture v.培育,培养 | 12.settle for 满足于 | 13.platform n.平台,舞台
3. 勉强同意,接受:25. settle up付清,结账 | 26. settle for勉强同意,接受 | 27. settle in(使)习惯(环境等)
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4. 勉强接受:arm-twisting 强迫 压力 | do a little arm-twisting 略施压力 | settle for 勉强接受
1. 选择;(尤指)勉强接受,将就
If you settle for something, you choose or accept it, especially when it is not what you really want but there is nothing else available.
e.g. Virginia was a perfectionist. She was just not prepared to settle for anything mediocre...
弗吉尼娅是个完美主义者,她根本不愿意拿任何普普通通毫无特色的东西将就。
e.g. England will have to settle for third or fourth place.
英格兰将只好接受第三或第四的排名。