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

• Maybe you got to settle for a second-rate job.
  或许你开始满足于一个二流的工作。
• I'll have to settle for this beastliness.
  我必须把这个该死的问题解决了。
• I don't settle for good, or really good.
  我不收为好，或真的很好。
• All three are difficult to achieve and most corporate collaborators settle for one or two.
  这三个目标都很难实现，多数企业合作者实现一两个目标就满足了。
• Listen, I'd settle for those shoes.
  听着，给我那对鞋便好了。
• Don't settle for a job that pays the bills.
  不要只顾着工作，和支付账单。
• 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。
• I only settle for the very best.
  我只与最优秀的女人上床。
• 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。
• I think we can settle for this outline of the draft resolution.
  决议稿的轮廓可以定下来了。