settle for

英 [ˈsetl fɔː(r)]

美 [ˈsetl fɔːr]

选择; （尤指）勉强接受，将就

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 选择;(尤指)勉强接受,将就
  If yousettle forsomething, you choose or accept it, especially when it is not what you really want but there is nothing else available.
  1. Virginia was a perfectionist. She was just not prepared to settle for anything mediocre...
     弗吉尼娅是个完美主义者，她根本不愿意拿任何普普通通毫无特色的东西将就。
  2. England will have to settle for third or fourth place.
     英格兰将只好接受第三或第四的排名。

双语例句

• I think we can settle for this outline of the draft resolution.
  决议稿的轮廓可以定下来了。
• I think I'll settle for smaller mugs, thank you!
  我想我会好好解决小茶杯，谢谢！
• If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.
  如果你不源于冒不平常的风险，你就只能沦于平凡。
• There was'nt time to cook the unthawed turkey, so they had to settle for hotdogs.
  没有时间做冻火鸡了，所以他们用热狗打发了。
• I only settle for the very best.
  我只与最优秀的女人上床。
• He was wise to accept this and settle for what was possible.
  他明智地接受了这一事实，并为可能的目标而努力。
• The water is muddy; let it settle for a while.
  水太浑啦，沉淀一下再用。
• I don't settle for good, or really good.
  我不收为好，或真的很好。
• I am not prepared to see children in some parts of this country having to settle for a second-class education.
  我没有料到会发现在这个国家的一些地区孩子们只能接受二流的教育。
• If she can't do it, she'll settle for world's fattest mom.
  如果她不能做到，她将满足于世界上最胖妈妈的称号。