settle on
- v. 选定，决定：经过思考、讨论或比较后从多个选项中确定选择（常作 settle on/upon sth）；落在，停歇，停在：指鸟、灰尘、目光等落或停在某处，也指人在某处坐下或安顿下来；（正式，法律）授予，转让：通过法律安排或正式手续将财产、金钱、权益等给予某人（常作 settle sth on sb）。
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
settle on ( settling, settled, settles )
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PHRASAL VERB If you settle on a particular thing, you choose it after considering other possible choices. 选定
例：I finally settled on a Mercedes. It's the ideal car for me.
我最后选中了一辆奔驰。它是我最理想的轿车。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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We settle on the balcony, overlooking the large terrace and pool directly below.
我们在阳台上坐下，俯瞰着下面的大露台和泳池。
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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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On Wednesday, the United Nations Security Council called on the politicians to settle their differences.
VOA: special.2010.08.07
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How did they settle on these four,though?
但他们是如何选定这四卷的？
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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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