| 单词 | settle down |
| 释义 | settle down 1. phrasal verb 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. [VERB PARTICLE] As a southerner, he did not want to move north, fearing that he 'might never settle down in the provinces'. [VERB PARTICLE preposition/adverb] 2. phrasal verb B2 If a situation or a person that has been going through a lot of problems or changes settles down, they become calm. Though previously troubled by civil strife, the region has now settled down. [VERB PARTICLE] We saw the therapist four times, and the children have now settled down. [VERB PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb 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. [VERB PARTICLE to-infinitive] They settled down to some serious work. [VERB PARTICLE + to] 4. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for settle 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. [VERB PARTICLE] Translations: Chinese: 定居 Japanese: 落ち着く 住居 |
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