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set.tle (obj) PAYH5set76, $5set-vto pay (esp. money owed or claimed)偿付，结算Please settle your account/bill without further delay. [T]请立即付清帐款/帐单，勿再延迟。It took the insurance company months to settle my claim. [T]保险公司用了好几个月才付清我的索赔的保险金。I don't know when I'm going to be able to settle all my debts. [T]我不知道什么时候才能还清债务。(fml) Payment of your account is now overdue, and we must ask you to settle (= pay the money you owe) immediately. [I]你帐上的款项已逾期未付，我们必须请你马上付清。Would you like to settle up (= pay the money you owe) now, sir? [I]先生，你想现在结清欠帐吗？You buy the tickets and I'll settle (up) with (= pay what I owe) you later. [I]你先买票，我以后再和你结算。(law) If someone settles money or property on someone, they formally give it to them.赠与，授予（财产）When my uncle died, he settled ￡1 000 a year on me. [T]我叔叔死后，留赠与我每年1 000英镑。(fig.) If you settle an account ( with someone), you harm them in some way because they have harmed you in the past.清算旧帐This match will be an opportunity for France to settle their account with Brazil. [T]这场比赛将给法国队向巴西队报仇雪恨的一次机会。Police think that the killings may be a result of accounts being settled between local gangs. [T]警方认为这些谋杀事件可能是当地黑帮互相清算旧帐的结果。
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