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

• 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。
• If she can't do it, she'll settle for world's fattest mom.
  如果她不能做到，她将满足于世界上最胖妈妈的称号。
• Listen, I'd settle for those shoes.
  听着，给我那对鞋便好了。
• So I had to settle for this comment.
  对于这些评论我还是感到挺满足的。
• The shop didn't have quite what we wanted so we had to settle for second best.
  这家商店没有完全合乎我们需要的东西，所以我们只好退而求其次了。
• Maybe you got to settle for a second-rate job.
  或许你开始满足于一个二流的工作。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 can settle for a pay raise and one week on holiday.
  我可以接受的条件是涨薪水，外加一周休假。