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.- 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。 - 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。
- Virginia was a perfectionist. She was just not prepared to settle for anything mediocre...
双语例句
- Don't settle for a job that pays the bills.
不要只顾着工作,和支付账单。 - I don't settle for good, or really good.
我不收为好,或真的很好。 - 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。 - 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'll settle for an "a" in my photography course.
我只要摄影课能得“a”就满足了。 - 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。 - In that case, you may settle for better compensation or a new job title with added responsibility.
这样的话,你可能会得到更好的补偿,或者得到新的工作头衔,肩负更重大的责任。 - I'll have to settle for this beastliness.
我必须把这个该死的问题解决了。 - 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。 - I only settle for the very best.
我只与最优秀的女人上床。