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'll have to settle for this beastliness.
  我必须把这个该死的问题解决了。
• I can settle for a pay raise and one week on holiday.
  我可以接受的条件是涨薪水，外加一周休假。
• I think I will probably have to settle for what I am now.
  我想我可能得满足于我现在的样子了。
• I'll settle for the chicken and chips.
  我就吃鸡肉和薯条好了。
• 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。
• 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。
• So I had to settle for this comment.
  对于这些评论我还是感到挺满足的。
• I don't settle for good, or really good.
  我不收为好，或真的很好。
• I'll settle for an "a" in my photography course.
  我只要摄影课能得“a”就满足了。