settle down

安下心来, 定居

例句与用法：

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。

He's just a drifter he can't settle down anywhere.

他不过是个流浪汉－－哪儿也呆不住。

At30 we need to settle down to our lives and shed from fantasies. But to the despondent I whisper that life begins at40.

30岁时，我们需要安定下来，丢掉幻想。但对那些灰心丧气的人我却低声说40岁生活才开始。

After working abroad for several years, Gill wants to settle down to a permanent job in Britain.

在国外工作了几年后，吉尔决定在英国定居并找份永久性的工作。

I must settle down this morning and finish the term paper.

我今天上午必须安下心来完成学期论文。

词形变化：

形容词: settleable | 动词过去式: settled | 动词过去分词: settled | 动词现在分词: settling | 动词第三人称单数: settles |

详细释义：

安顿下来

Uncle George didn't settle down until he was nearly fifty.

乔治叔叔一直到快五十岁时才安顿下来。

I want to get married and settle down.

我想结婚安顿下来。