settle down

英 [ˈsetl daʊn]

美 [ˈsetl daʊn]

（尤指结婚或买房后）定居，安顿下来; （历经磨难或变化后）平定下来，平静下来; 集中精力做; 开始认真做; 准备，开始（就寝）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (尤指结婚或买房后)定居，安顿下来
  When someonesettles down, they start living a quiet life in one place, especially when they get married or buy a house.
  1. One day I'll want to settle down and have a family...
     总有一天，我会想安定下来，成个家。
  2. Before she settled down in Portugal, she had run her own antiques shop in London.
     在定居葡萄牙之前，她在伦敦经营一家自己的古董店。
• PHRASAL VERB (历经磨难或变化后)安静下来，平静下来
  If a situation or a person that has been going through a lot of problems or changessettles down, they become calm.
  1. It'd be fun, after the situation in Europe settles down, to take a trip over to France...
     等欧洲的局势平定下来后，去法国旅行一趟应该不错。
  2. We saw the therapist four times, and the children have now settled down.
     我们去看了四次治疗专家，现在孩子们已经稳定下来了。
• PHRASAL VERB 集中精力做;开始认真做
  If yousettle down todo something or to something, you prepare to do it and concentrate on it.
  1. He got his coffee, came back and settled down to listen...
     他喝了杯咖啡，回来后开始认真听讲。
  2. They settled down to some serious work.
     他们着手做一些重要的工作。
• PHRASAL VERB 准备,开始(就寝)
  If yousettle downfor the night, you get ready to lie down and sleep.
  1. They put up their tents and settled down for the night.
     他们搭好帐篷，准备过夜。

英英释义

verb

• become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
  1. He finally settled down
  Synonym:settleroottake rootsteady down
• become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation
  1. After the fight both men need to cool off.
  2. It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again.
  Synonym:calmcalm downcool offchill outsimmer downcool it
• settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
  1. dust settled on the roofs
  Synonym:settle

双语例句

• It's difficult to settle down in a foreign land.
  想在异国他乡落地生根可不是件容易的事。
• They settled down to some serious work.
  他们着手做一些重要的工作。
• It'd be fun, after the situation in Europe settles down, to take a trip over to France
  等欧洲的局势平定下来后，去法国旅行一趟应该不错。
• They put up their tents and settled down for the night.
  他们搭好帐篷，准备过夜。
• We'll go and settle down where conditions are hardest.
  哪里艰苦哪安家。
• Once he shows he can be bought, they settle down to a regular payment.
  一旦他表现出可以被收买，他们就会定期向他行贿。
• I don't think you can ever be urged to settle down, he says.
  我不认为你能被敦促着安定下来，他说。
• I want to get boxing out of my system and settle down to enjoy family life.
  我想结束拳击生涯，安定下来享受家庭生活。
• I still have to settle down, this is a new world for me.
  我需要有一段适应的时间，这儿对于我来说还是一个崭新的世界。
• We saw the therapist four times, and the children have now settled down.
  我们去看了四次治疗专家，现在孩子们已经稳定下来了。