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勉强接受, 不情愿地选择
to reluctantly choose someone or something because no one or nothing else is available
- After searching for hours, they had to settle for the only available rental car at the airport.
在搜索了几个小时后，他们不得不勉强接受机场唯一可用的租车。
- The team had to settle for a substitute player since their star player was injured.
由于他们的明星球员受伤，球队不得不勉强接受一名替补球员。
- He decided to settle for the available hotel room, despite it not meeting all his preferences.
他决定将就于可用的酒店房间，尽管它不符合他的所有偏好。
- Despite their high expectations, the couple had to settle for a smaller apartment within their budget.
尽管期望很高，这对夫妇还是不得不将就预算范围内的一个小公寓。
- Realizing the time constraints, she had to settle for a quick and simple solution to complete the project.
意识到时间限制，她不得不满足于一个快速简单的解决方案来完成项目。