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 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。
• It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but I'm not willing to settle for once.
  这是我终生唯一的体验但是我并不满足。
• I'll settle for an "a" in my photography course.
  我只要摄影课能得“a”就满足了。
• 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。
• We reached the hotel late and had to settle for a room without a view.
  我们到旅馆时已很晚，只好勉强要了一间看不到风景的房间。
• 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。
• 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。
• He refused to settle for anything that was second best.
  他拒绝退而求其次。
• I don't settle for good, or really good.
  我不收为好，或真的很好。