More to the point, he had yet to settle on a subject for the personal essay accompanying the application.

说得更确切些，他还没有决定好申请时所附的个人论文的主题。

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She eventually had to settle on the sports channel.

她最后不得不选定在体育频道。

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Wouldn’t it be better to settle on the price first before going on to the quantity?

在讨论数量前，我们先解决价 格问题不更好吗？

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On Wednesday, the United Nations Security Council called on the politicians to settle their differences.

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Once we sort of settle into this vocabulary, and once we get used to this clearly unquestioningly scientific perspective, why on earth do we need pseudo-statement or fiction at all?

一旦我们习惯了这种用语，一旦我们习惯了,这种科学视角，我们为什么还需要伪陈述和虚构呢？

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For others, it was necessary to go further and to settle the west coast of Asia Minor, which, indeed, this is a great period of Greek settlement on the west coast of Asia Minor.

对于另外一些人,则必须走得更远,在小亚细亚西海岸定居,而这事实上,确实是希腊人向小亚细亚西海岸,拓殖的黄金时期

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It took thousands of years for society to settle on the fact that slavery was wrong.

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Mental-health experts cautioned against trying to settle on an explicit cause when someone kills himself.

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Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee, has yet to settle on a clear position.

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