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。
• 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。
• He refused to settle for anything that was second best.
  他拒绝退而求其次。
• So I had to settle for this comment.
  对于这些评论我还是感到挺满足的。
• 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。
• 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 I'll settle for smaller mugs, thank you!
  我想我会好好解决小茶杯，谢谢！
• I only settle for the very best.
  我只与最优秀的女人上床。
• 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。
• 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。