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set.tle (obj) MAKE COMFORTABLEH5set76, $5set-v [always + adv/prep]to (cause to) get into a comfortable position使妥贴，使安定下来After dinner we settled in front of the television for the evening. [I]吃完晚饭后，我们舒舒服服地坐在电视机前。The dentist told her patient to settle back in the chair. [I]牙医叫病人靠稳在椅子上。Settle down on the sofa, and I'll bring you a cup of tea. [I]在沙发里坐下，我去给你端杯茶来。He settled himself down with a newspaper, and waited for the train to arrive. [T]他舒适地坐下来看报纸，等候火车到来。If you settle down in, or settle into, somewhere, you become familiar with it and feel comfortable in it.习惯于（某种生活，工作）She quickly settled down in her new house/job/school.她很快地适应了新居/新的工作/新学校的生活。It took Ed a long time to settle into living in London.埃德花了好长时间才在伦敦安居下来。To settle in is to become familiar with a new house, job, school, etc., and to feel comfortable and happy in it.迁入新居或从事新的生活并安定下来Once we've settled in, you must come round for dinner.一旦我们安顿下来了，你一定要过来吃饭。It takes time for the children to settle in at the beginning of a new school year.孩子们在新学年开始时要花一段时间适应。If you settle in someone/settle someone in, you help them become familiar with a new job, place, school, etc.帮助…适应新的生活，工作等The nurse will be with you soon --she's settling a new patient in at the moment.护士马上就会到你这里来----她现在正在安顿一位新来的病人。
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