resettle

英 [ˌriː'setl] 美 [ˌriː'setl]

• v. 重新定居；再安顿；重新成为定居点；再坐下

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. （使）再定居
2. 再安顿下来
3. 使重新安居（指让人们在新地方定居）
4. 到他国定居
5. 重感舒适
6. 使在新地方定居
7. 使再殖民
8. 再坐下
9. 再就席

英英释义

Verb:

1. settle in a new place;

   "The immigrants had to resettle"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Many of the refugees were resettled in Britain and Canada.
   许多难民重新定居在英国和加拿大。
2. The government is taking measures to resettle those laid-off workers.
   政府正采取措施重新安顿那些失业工人。
3. The region was only resettled 200 years later.
   这一地区200年以后才重新有人住。
4. The birds flew around and then resettled on the pond.
   鸟儿飞来飞去，然后落在池塘边上。

经典引文

• Whole societies uprooted and resettled.

  出自： A. Brink

• He..cleaned his glasses..and resettled them firmly before his eyes.

  出自： I. Murdoch

近反义词

【近义词】

• migrate 迁移
• relocate 重新装置
• transfer 转移
• transplant 移居
• emigrate 移居
• immigrate 移居入境
• move 移动
• shift 移动