动词满足于

2. settle for的解释

ph.

1. I want $2000 for my car and I won't settle for less.
我要两千美元才卖车，低于这个价我可不要。

2. 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。

3. Since money was tight, we settled for a short trip to the south.
既然钱紧了一点，我们退而求其次，来一趟短期的南部之旅。

Shopping in the Dime Store-(在低价商店购物)

A：Do you carry black ink?
你们有黑墨水卖吗？

B：The ink should be next to the paper clips and thumb tacks in the stationary section, sir.
墨水应该在文具部的回形针和图钉旁边，先生。

A：I've looked, but I didn't see any black ink.
我看过了，但没找到黑墨水。

B：Then I'm afraid there's none in stock.
那我想是缺货了。

A：Well, I'll settle for blue-black. I'll also take a dozen airmail envelopes.
嗯，那要蓝黑的也可以。我还要一打航空信封。

B：They come in packages of ten or twenty.
信封分成十只一扎或二十只一扎出售。

A：Give me a package of twenty, then. And where do I find shoelaces?
那就给我二十只一扎的。还有我去哪儿可以找到鞋带。

B：On counter three.
在第三号柜台。

A：Thank you. I never can find my way around this store.
谢谢，我在这家商店里总是搞不清商品的部位。

B：I know. It took me three weeks, and I work here.
我知道。我在这儿工作，花了三个星期才熟悉。

1. 对...感到满足,满足于：settle down 定居;安下心来 | settle for 对...感到满足,满足于 | settle one's account 结算;付讫

2. 满足于：11.nurture v.培育,培养 | 12.settle for 满足于 | 13.platform n.平台,舞台

3. 勉强同意,接受：25. settle up付清,结账 | 26. settle for勉强同意,接受 | 27. settle in(使)习惯(环境等)

4. 勉强接受：arm-twisting 强迫 压力 | do a little arm-twisting 略施压力 | settle for 勉强接受

1. 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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。