1、invite

(正式)邀请，请求，要求

At a future date, managers will be invited to apply for a management buy-out.

在将来的某天,经理们将受邀进行管理层收购。

The person concerned would be shown the evidence in private and invited to stand down.

将会向有关人员私下出示该证据,并要求其暂时离开证人席。

招致;诱发;引发

I realise that an Englishman who generalises about Ireland invites trouble.

我意识到英国人如果对爱尔兰问题加以泛化的话会招惹麻烦。

Their refusal to compromise will inevitably invite more criticism from the UN.

他们拒绝妥协必然会引发联合国的更多批评。

请柬;请帖

They haven't got an invite to the wedding.

他们还没收到参加婚礼的请柬。

2、settle

解决，结束(争端、纠纷)

They agreed to try to settle their dispute by negotiation.

他们同意通过谈判来努力解决纠纷。

Both sides are looking for ways to settle their differences.

双方都在寻求消除分歧的方法。

庭外和解

In an attempt to settle the case, Molken has agreed to pay restitution.

为了争取庭外和解，莫尔肯同意赔款。

She got much less than she would have done if she had settled out of court.

如果她同意庭外和解的话，得到的肯定会更多。

付清(欠款);结算(账单);结(账)

I settled the bill for my coffee and his two glasses of wine.

我为我的咖啡和他的两杯葡萄酒付了账。

They settled with Colin at the end of the evening.

晚上聚会结束的时候他们和科林结清了账。