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

• They have already declared their intention to fight on rather than settle for half-measures.
  他们已经宣布要继续战斗，而不是半途而废。
• 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。
• I think I'll settle for smaller mugs, thank you!
  我想我会好好解决小茶杯，谢谢！
• You spend too much of your life working to settle for a job that does not inspire you.
  你花费了你的毕生的事业去满足一个并不能激发你的工作。
• 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。
• Don't settle for a job that pays the bills.
  不要只顾着工作，和支付账单。
• Listen, I'd settle for those shoes.
  听着，给我那对鞋便好了。
• The water is muddy; let it settle for a while.
  水太浑啦，沉淀一下再用。
• I'll have to settle for this beastliness.
  我必须把这个该死的问题解决了。
• He refused to settle for anything that was second best.
  他拒绝退而求其次。