• 定居,安家,过安定的生活; 平静下来,(夜色)降临

1. settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground;

   "dust settled on the roofs"
   

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

   "He finally settled down"
   

3. 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."
   

1.(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.

e.g. One day I'll want tosettledown and have a family...
总有一天，我会想安定下来，成个家。
e.g. Before she settleddown 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 changessettles down, they become calm.

e.g. It'd be fun, after the situation in Europe settlesdown, 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 settleddown.
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 yousettle 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 settleddown to listen...
他喝了杯咖啡，回来后开始认真听讲。
e.g. They settleddown to some serious work.
他们着手做一些重要的工作。

4.准备,开始(就寝)
If yousettle 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 settleddown 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(settledown)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,