settle down

verb

1. become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style

e.g. He finally settled down

Synonym: settleroottake rootsteady down

2. become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation

e.g. 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: calmcalm downcool offchill outsimmer downcool it

3. settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground

e.g. dust settled on the roofs

Synonym: settle

1. (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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

2. (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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

3. 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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. They settled down to some serious work.
他们着手做一些重要的工作。

4. 准备,开始(就寝)
If you settle down for the night, you get ready to lie down and sleep.

settle down的翻译

e.g. They put up their tents and settled down for the night.
他们搭好帐篷，准备过夜。

1. 安定：到了一定年龄,大家往往想要安定(settle down)下来. 反之,不稳定是有成本的:1.到处出席社交、半社交的活动,需要花钱. 2.人生需要规划. 一个人的时候只能规划自己,而且一旦走上哪条路就具有刚性,比如第一份工作至少要干三年,