settle on

英 [ˈsetl ɒn]

美 [ˈsetl ɑːn]

选择; 选定

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 选择;选定
  If yousettle ona particular thing, you choose it after considering other possible choices.
  1. I finally settled on a Mercedes estate.
     我最后决定买一辆梅塞德斯客货两用车。

英英释义

verb

• become fixed (on)
  1. Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon
  Synonym:fixate

双语例句

• I can't even settle on a restaurant.
  我都不知道选哪家餐馆。
• Congressional and White House negotiators have to settle on sector-by-sector reductions.
  国会和白宫必须就各部门的债务削减达成一致意见。
• I settle on a banquette in the glass-enclosed "no smoking" bunker and order a coffee.
  我在由玻璃围起来的“无烟区”包房里的沙发长椅上坐下，点了一杯咖啡。
• But developing countries led by China, India and Brazil now have an opportunity, if they can settle on a suitable nominee, to wrest leadership from the West.
  但以中国、印度和巴西为首的发展中国家现在有了一个从西方手中夺取领导权的机会，如果它们能就推举一位合适的候选人达成一致。
• But it will not be bored to the study of philosophical discussion of the day special theory of relativity or the human ability to settle on Mars and be too worried.
  但也不会无聊到整天研究哲学讨论狭义相对论或人类能否移居火星而过分担忧。
• You must stop juggling the bus-times around and settle on a fixed timetable.
  你们得把公共汽车的时间表固定下来，不要老是把行车时间变来变去。
• Within the photo node, any number of tags can describe the photograph, but in this example, we settle on date, locale, and comment.
  在photo节点中可以使用任意多个标记来描述照片，但本例中只使用了date、locale和comment。
• They could not settle on where top spend the holiday.
  他们还决定不了到哪儿去度假。
• Would you settle on a station?
  你可以选定一个台吗？
• We must settle on a place to meet.
  我们必须选个地方见面。