settled

Compared meaning: firmly decided and not changing (adjective).

比较义项：（决定、态度等）坚定不变、已经确定下来（形容词）。

• firm

  Firm stresses resolve and strength of will: a firm decision, answer, or stance is held with confidence and is hard to shift under pressure or persuasion.

  firm 强调意志坚定、态度强硬：坚定的决定、回答或立场经过深思熟虑，不易在压力或劝说下改变。

  The judge remained firm despite pressure to change her ruling.

  尽管面临改判的压力，这位法官依然态度坚定。

• settled 本词

  Settled describes a matter, question, or dispute that has already been decided and is now closed, with no further discussion expected.

  settled 强调某个问题、事项或争议已经被决定并画上句号，不再需要进一步讨论。

  After months of talks, the dispute over the land was finally settled.

  经过数月的谈判，这场土地争端终于得到了解决。

Firm and settled both mean fixed and unchanging. Firm stresses strong will: a decision held with confidence, hard to shift. Settled stresses a matter has been decided and closed. Firm as "a company" and settled as "a new home" are not compared.

firm 和 settled 在「已经确定、不会轻易改变」这一点上意思相近，但 firm 强调说话人或决定本身态度坚定、意志坚强，能顶住外部压力；settled 强调某个问题或事项已经尘埃落定、无需再议。这里不比较 firm 作名词表示「公司」的用法，也不比较 settled 表示「定居于新居」（如 settle into a new house）或「天气稳定」的用法。