英 [ˈset(ə)lɪŋ] 美 [ˈsetlɪŋ]
n. 安置；固定；沉淀物；移居
v. 解决；安居（settle 的 ing 形式）
n. （Settling）人名；（瑞典）塞特林
复数settlings
settle /ˈsɛtəl/ CET4 TEM4 [ settling settled settles ]
及物动词 If people settle an argument or problem, or if something settles it, they solve it, for example, by making a decision about who is right or about what to do. 解决 (纠纷、问题等)
They agreed to try to settle their dispute by negotiation.
他们同意尽量通过谈判解决他们之间的纠纷。
及物动词/不及物动词 If people settle a legal dispute or if they settle, they agree to end the dispute without going to a court of law, for example, by paying some money or by apologizing. (庭外) 和解
In an attempt to settle the case, Molken has agreed to pay restitution.
为了结此案，莫尔肯已同意赔偿。
She got much less than she would have done if she had settled out of court.
她得到的远不如她若庭外和解得到的多。
及物动词/不及物动词 If you settle a bill or debt, you pay the amount that you owe. 结算; 算清
I settled the bill for my coffee and his two glasses of wine.
我为我的咖啡和他的两杯葡萄酒付了钱。
She has now settled with her landlord.
她现在已经和她的房东算清了。
及物动词 If something is settled, it has all been decided and arranged. 确定
As far as we're concerned, the matter is settled.
在我们看来，此事已定。
及物动词/不及物动词 When people settle a place or in a place, or when a government settles them there, they start living there permanently. 定居于; 使定居; 定居
Refugees settling in a new country suffer from a number of problems.
在一个新国家定居的难民们面临许多问题。
He visited Paris and eventually settled there.
他访问了巴黎并最终在那儿定居了。
及物动词/不及物动词 If you settle yourself somewhere or settle somewhere, you sit down or make yourself comfortable. 安顿; 安坐
Albert settled himself on the sofa.
阿尔伯特在沙发安坐下来。
及物动词/不及物动词 If something settles or if you settle it, it sinks slowly down and becomes still. 使沉降; 沉降
A black dust settled on the walls.
一团黑色粉尘落到了这些墙上。
Once its impurities had settled, the oil could be graded.
一旦杂质沉淀下去，油就可以定级了。
不及物动词 If your eyes settle on or upon something, you stop looking around and look at that thing for some time. (目光) 停留
The man let his eyes settle upon Blume's face.
那个人让自己的目光落在了布卢姆的脸上。
不及物动词 When birds or insects settle on something, they land on it from above. (鸟类或昆虫) 飞落; 栖息
Moths flew in front of it, eventually settling on the rough painted metal.
飞蛾在它前面飞舞，最后落在了那块粗糙的喷漆金属上。
名词 a seat, for two or more people, usually made of wood with a high back and arms, and sometimes having a storage space in the boxlike seat 高背长靠椅
→see alsosettled
when the dust settles→seedust
to settle a score→seescore
a gradual sinking to a lower level
同义词： subsiding / subsidence
转让，赠与(财产等)：
结算-引用次数：27
The electricity market in Eastern China is a single side competition market for power companies. Contract for difference is used for settling accounts.
目前华东电力市场是发电侧单边竞争市场，发电市场采用差价合约结算方式，按照10％电量的有限竞争。
安置-引用次数：25
This is a summary and reflection to the practice of "Settling in Reserved Land", and also is a new development of collective economy in China.
这是近年来各地对征地农转非人员实施“留地安置”的实践经验总结,也是对我国当前集体经济逐渐萎缩的新探索。
沉降-引用次数：122
EPS influence the membrane fouling by influencing sludge settling characteristics and viscosity.
EPS通过影响污泥沉降性能以及粘度的变化,进而对膜污染产生了一定影响。
沉淀-引用次数：66
The effects of different operational conditions on formation of granular were studied such as COD loading, settling time, HRT and shear force.
研究结果表明，颗粒污泥的形成是COD负荷、水流剪力、HRT以及沉淀时间共同作用的结果。
沉降-引用次数：31
安居-引用次数：8
These "settling troubles" can not be solved only by extra building square meters per person.
这些“安居困境”，并不能仅仅依靠人均多几平方米的建筑就能解决的。
参考来源住宅的伦理功能研究
沉积物
沉降-引用次数：8
结算
... settlement place居民地 settling沉陷 settling basin沉沙地 ...
铝土矿中氧化铁含量增加对石灰拜耳法氧化铝生产过程的影响 关键词：铝土矿；氧化铁；预脱硅；溶出；沉降 [gap=751]Key words：Bauxite；ferric oxide；pre—desilication；digestion；settling
... settlementprice结算价格 Settling结算的，清算的 settlingbank清算银行 ...
安置；固定；[地质][化学][矿业]沉淀物；移居
allocation / deposit / sludge / precipitation / sediment
Refugees settling in a new country suffer from a number of problems.
在一个新国家定居的难民们面临许多问题。
What does he do to express this deep and settling grief?
他要怎样做才能表达这深深的沉淀下来的悲痛呢？
They were behindhand in settling their debts.
他们没有及时还清债务。
DeMille's epic movies were based on the settling of the American West, Roman history or stories from the Bible.
VOA : special.2009.05.31
PROFESSOR: All right. As you're settling in, why don't you take 10 more seconds to answer the clicker question.
教授：好，既然你们都坐好了,给你们10秒钟回答这个问题。
化学原理课程节选 : 麻省理工公开课
I had problems settling in in America but it always works out.
我刚到美国的时候也难以适应，但问题总能化解，
SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 想进布朗的话
The protests were especially bitter on the pacific coast where thousands of Chinese immigrants were settling in California.
VOA : special.2010.05.20
This week in our series, Robert Bostic and Leo Scully tell about the gold rush and the important part cowboys played in settling the West.
VOA : special.2010.03.18
It has stirred memories of the 1990s, when contract killings were standard procedure for settling commercial disputes.
Edison tried 1, 600 materials before settling on carbonized cotton fiber as the filament for his electric light bulb.
Settling the border issue for once and for all, he says, is crucial for the people of Wazzani.