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

• He helped me settle on which car to buy.
  他帮助我决定买哪一辆车。
• 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。
• If man should be able to settle on the moon, I would be among the first.
  如果人类能移居月球，我绝对是第一批。
• It may be that you settle on the amount you'll accept at a new job, or a raise for a job you have now.
  可能是你决定了对将要接受的新工作开多少价，又或者是你就目前的工作而要求加薪。
• 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。
• So how long does it take to settle on an effective process?
  因此，确立一个有效的过程需要多长时间？
• Can we at least settle on a date for our next meeting?
  我们至少能决定下次会面的日期吗？
• 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。
• Instead we settle on becoming creatures of habit.
  我们决定成为了习惯动物。
• 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。