settle down

美 [ˈsetl daʊn]英 [ˈsetl daʊn]
  • (尤指结婚或买房后)定居,安顿下来;准备,开始(就寝);(历经磨难或变化后)平定下来,平静下来;舒适地坐下(或躺下);集中精力做;开始认真做
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settle down

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  • 1
    PHRASAL VERB (尤指结婚或买房后)定居,安顿下来
    When someone settles 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。

  • 2
    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 changes settles 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。

  • 3
    PHRASAL VERB 集中精力做;开始认真做
    If you settle down to do 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。

  • 4
    PHRASAL VERB 准备,开始(就寝)
    If you settle down for 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。

verb

1
become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
He finally settled down
Synonym: settle root take root steady down
2
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.
Synonym: calm calm down cool off chill out simmer down cool it
3
settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
dust settled on the roofs
Synonym: settle

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  1. He was tired of the merry-go-round of romance and longed to settle down .

    他厌倦了没完没了的风流韵事,渴望安定下来。

  2. 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。

  3. It always takes the class a while to settle down at the start of the lesson .

    那个班一上课总得过一会儿才能安静下来。

  4. Education remains in a state of flux which will take some time to settle down .

    教育还处于不断变化中,需要一段时间才能稳定下来。

  5. 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。

  6. 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。

  7. He has given up his freewheeling lifestyle to settle down with his baby daughter .

    他放弃了自由放纵的生活方式,和幼小的女儿安顿下来。

  8. We 'll go and settle down where conditions are hardest .

    哪里艰苦哪安家。

  9. 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。

  10. I 've decided to settle down in beijing .

    我决定在北京定居。

  11. 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。

  12. This turn of events is fueled primarily by the dramatic drop in the share of young Americans who are choosing to settle down romantically before age 35 .

    这种转变的主要原因是选择在35岁之前就与伴侣浪漫地安定生活的美国年轻人比例急剧下降。

  13. I want to settle down with someone but this heartworm of my ex kept disturbing me .

    我很想找个人安顿下来,但是跟前任的感情一直挥之不去。

  14. I 'm looking for a man I can settle down and spend my life with , but most men I meet don 't want to discuss commitment1 !

    我想找一位能和我安定下来、共度一生的人,但我遇到的大多数男性都不愿作出承诺。

  15. When my brother , a notorious spender , came home for a visit , he told my father he was going to get married and settle down .

    我的哥哥是个有名的挥霍者。他回家来时,告诉父亲说他要结婚了,要安定下来。

  16. City hopping describes the situation that some young Chinese are forced to give up jobs in large cities like Shanghai and Beijing and try to settle down in second-or-third-tier cities because of harsh competition at work and increasing living costs .

    跳城(cityhopping)指中国的一些年轻人因为激烈的职场竞争和不断攀升的生活成本而被迫放弃上海、北京等大城市的工作,试图在二三线城市安顿下来。

  17. Many people will settle down if they have a job .

    如果有工作,许多人就能生活稳定。

  18. I think it 's time for you to settle down .

    你该定下来了

  19. Please settle down so that we can get to work .

    请平静下来以让我们可以开始工作。

  20. I really must settle down to some serious work .

    我真的需要安静下来做些正经事了。

  21. The Quality Problem and Method to Settle Down with the Air in Closed Space

    封闭空间内空气质量问题及解决方法

  22. I think it 's time we settle down .

    我想是我们该稳定下来的时候了。

  23. All you need is time and let things settle down naturally .

    你需要的就是时间,让事情自然地平淡下来。

  24. When things settle down * - There is no normal life .

    等事情都安定下来了&没有安定的生活直说。

  25. I just might settle down and get married some day .

    我只是想安定下来,有一天能结婚。

  26. It won 't take me long to settle down .

    用不了多久我就会适应的。

  27. 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。

  28. You had better settle down and study the lesson .

    你最好安定下来并开始复习功课。

  29. I 'm sure he 'll soon settle down in his new school .

    我相信他在新学校里很快就会习惯的。

  30. You should see life before you settle down .

    你在安定下来之前应当去见见世面。