英英單字圖文記憶(143)
settle [ˈsɛtl]：
If people settle
an argument or problem, or if something settles it, they solve it, for example
by making a decision about who is right or about what to do.【解決；結束(爭端、糾紛)；調停】
When people
settle a place or in a place, or when a government settles them there, they
start living there permanently.【在…定居；使定居；把…安置在】
【分解】：
【字根】set = fix；located；to place，表示：安置好。
【後缀】tle，表動詞。
【分析】：settle = 把…安置好。引申為：解決；定居。
For example，
They agreed to
try to settle their dispute by negotiation.
他們同意通過談判來努力解決糾紛。
He visited Paris
and eventually settled there.
他造訪了巴黎，並最終在那兒定居下來。
