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

• They could not settle on where top spend the holiday.
  他们还决定不了到哪儿去度假。
• If we do not see long term relationship, we will settle on a reasonable settlement.
  如果我们没有看到长久的关系，我们将采取比较合理的处理。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？