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settle down
表示安顿下来或定居，常接地点状语。
After years of travel, they finally settled down in a small town.
经过多年的旅行，他们最终在一个小镇定居下来。
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解决；达成一致
to settle conclusively; to come to terms
After years of travel, they finally settled down in a small town.
经过多年的旅行，他们最终在一个小镇定居下来。
settle
Base
原形
settles
3rd person
第三人称单数
settling
-ing
现在分词
settled
Past
过去式
settled
Past participle
过去分词
We settle the dispute amicably.
我们友好地解决争端。
They settled in a small town.
他们在一个小镇定居。
She is settling into her new home.
她正在适应新家。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
After hours of discussion, they finally settled the dispute.
经过几个小时的讨论，他们终于解决了争端。
They decided to settle in a small town after traveling for years.
在旅行多年后，他们决定在一个小镇定居。
She took a deep breath to settle her nerves before the speech.
她在演讲前深吸一口气，使自己的紧张情绪平静下来。
表示安顿下来或定居，常接地点状语。
After years of travel, they finally settled down in a small town.
经过多年的旅行，他们最终在一个小镇定居下来。
表示经过考虑后决定或选定某事物。
We need to settle on a date for the meeting.
我们需要选定一个会议日期。
表示无奈地接受不太满意的事物。
He wanted a sports car but settled for a sedan.
他想要跑车，但勉强接受了一辆轿车。
Not this
I need to settle this problem.
Use this
I need to solve this problem.
settle常用于解决争端、纠纷或账单，不适用于一般问题；solve搭配problem更地道。
Not this
Where do you settle?
Use this
Where do you live?
settle表示定居或安家，不用于询问日常居住地；询问常住地用live。
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该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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