settle up one's affairs

One speaker argued that economists should give up on prediction and settle for explanation, identifying where earthquakes might strike, if not when, and how they might be withstood, if not prevented.

一位发言者主张，经济学家应该放弃预测和寻求解释，确定地震将会在哪而不是何时发生；地震怎样可以抗击，而不是如何可以避免。

He will take up a profession and leave it, settle in one place and soon go off elsewhere with.

他会从事一项职业又离开，在一处落脚之后又随着不断变化的愿望迅速离开。

Once you get some actual experience you may realize that you really just want to settle down with one cool, sweet girlfriend and that this is preferable to picking up a drunk chubby girl once a month.

一旦你得到了一些实际经验，你可能会发现：你真的想解决与一凉，甜女朋友来，这是最好拿起一个胖乎乎的女孩喝醉了每月一次。