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.- 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。 - 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。
- Virginia was a perfectionist. She was just not prepared to settle for anything mediocre...
双语例句
- 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。 - I'll settle for an "a" in my photography course.
我只要摄影课能得“a”就满足了。 - Don't settle for a job that pays the bills.
不要只顾着工作，和支付账单。 - Listen, I'd settle for those shoes.
听着，给我那对鞋便好了。 - So I had to settle for this comment.
对于这些评论我还是感到挺满足的。 - He refused to settle for anything that was second best.
他拒绝退而求其次。 - The shop didn't have quite what we wanted so we had to settle for second best.
这家商店没有完全合乎我们需要的东西，所以我们只好退而求其次了。 - I don't settle for good, or really good.
我不收为好，或真的很好。 - The water is muddy; let it settle for a while.
水太浑啦，沉淀一下再用。 - 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。