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.- 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。 - 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。
- One day I'll want to settle down and have a family...
- 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.- 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。 - 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。
- It'd be fun, after the situation in Europe settles down, to take a trip over to France...
- 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.- 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。 - They settled down to some serious work.
他们着手做一些重要的工作。
- He got his coffee, came back and settled down to listen...
- PHRASAL VERB 准备,开始(就寝)
If yousettle downfor the night, you get ready to lie down and sleep.- They put up their tents and settled down for the night.
他们搭好帐篷,准备过夜。
- They put up their tents and settled down for the night.
英英释义
verb
- become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
- He finally settled down
- become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation
- After the fight both men need to cool off.
- It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again.
- settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
- dust settled on the roofs
双语例句
- Afterwards I found it easy to settle down and have a family.
后来,我发现安定下来组织一个家庭也不难。 - He's of an age when he ought to settle down.
他已经到了应该安顿下来的年龄了。 - I need to settle down with somebody like you.
我需要和像你这样的人好好在一起。 - 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'm half Indian now, but I have no intention to settle down here," she said.
我已经成了半个印度人,但我不打算在印度定居。 - They settled down to some serious work.
他们着手做一些重要的工作。 - M: When you settle down, I'll show you around and introduce you to the department managers.
M:等你安顿好,我会带你参观一下公司,同时也把你介绍给各部门的经理。 - The prospectors are always out in the field and never settle down in a fixed place.
勘探队员成天在野外作业,没有一定的住处。 - 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。 - I really must settle down to some serious work.
我真的需要安静下来做些正经事了。