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

• You spend too much of your life working to settle for a job that does not inspire you.
  你花费了你的毕生的事业去满足一个并不能激发你的工作。
• Listen, I'd settle for those shoes.
  听着，给我那对鞋便好了。
• 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。
• 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。
• He refused to settle for anything that was second best.
  他拒绝退而求其次。
• 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。
• It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but I'm not willing to settle for once.
  这是我终生唯一的体验但是我并不满足。
• 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。
• The water is muddy; let it settle for a while.
  水太浑啦，沉淀一下再用。
• There was'nt time to cook the unthawed turkey, so they had to settle for hotdogs.
  没有时间做冻火鸡了，所以他们用热狗打发了。