PHRASAL VERB 选择;(尤指)勉强接受,将就 If you settle for something, you choose or accept it, especially when it is not what you really want but there is nothing else available. 选择;(尤指)勉强接受,将就
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Virginia was a perfectionist. She was just not prepared to settle for anything mediocre. [VERB PREP. noun]
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。
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England will have to settle for third or fourth place. [VERB PREP. noun]
英格兰将只好接受第三或第四的排名。
SYN accept, take, stand for, tolerate
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