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

• The child may have trouble achieving any sense of stability at all, or he may settle on behaviors that enable him to maintain a sense of order at the cost of further development.
  儿童可能具有获得任何稳定感觉的困难，或者他可能使用行为处理，以使他能够维持某种秩序感，这是未来发展所必需的。
• 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。
• They could not settle on where top spend the holiday.
  他们还决定不了到哪儿去度假。
• It would also be unlikely for him to settle on an image of a weirwood.
  而且他也不大可能使用鱼梁木图像。
• 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。
• I can't even settle on a restaurant.
  我都不知道选哪家餐馆。
• They say pastoralists should settle on farms and grow their own food, especially in times of shortages.
  他们说，牧民应该在农场定居，种植自己的粮食，特别是在短缺的时期。
• 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。
• Would you settle on a station?
  你可以选定一个台吗？
• Flies and other insects settle on plants growing on the banks.
  苍蝇和其他昆虫停落在沿河岸生长的草木上。