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Calm down! (imperative)
祈使句，用于安慰或劝告他人保持冷静。
Calm down! Everything will be fine.
冷静下来！一切都会好的。
平静下来，镇定下来
calmed down — past of calm down
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平静下来，镇定下来
to become quiet and relaxed after being angry, excited, or upset
Calm down! Everything will be fine.
冷静下来！一切都会好的。
变得不那么激动、强烈或愤怒
To become less excited, intense, or angry.
使变得不那么激动、强烈或愤怒
To cause to become less excited, intense, or angry.
calm down
Base
原形
calms down
3rd person
第三人称单数
calming down
-ing
现在分词
calmed down
Past
过去式
calmed down
Past participle
过去分词
She calms down quickly after a stressful meeting.
她在紧张的会议后很快平静下来。
He is calming down after shouting for a while.
他喊了一阵后正在冷静下来。
They calmed down when they heard the good news.
他们听到好消息后平静了下来。
规则动词短语，变位时只变化动词'calm'。
After the argument, she took a few deep breaths to calm down.
争吵之后，她做了几次深呼吸来平静下来。
Please calm down and listen to me carefully.
请冷静下来，仔细听我说。
He walked outside for a moment to calm down before his presentation.
他在演讲前走到外面待了一会儿来镇定自己。
祈使句，用于安慰或劝告他人保持冷静。
Calm down! Everything will be fine.
冷静下来！一切都会好的。
不及物用法，主语为人，表示某人自己平静下来。
She finally calmed down after taking a deep breath.
她深吸一口气后终于平静下来了。
及物用法，表示使某人平静下来，sb为宾语。
I tried to calm the child down by reading a story.
我试图通过讲故事让孩子平静下来。
Not this
You need to calm down yourself.
Use this
You need to calm yourself down.
英语中，带有代词宾语的短语动词，如“calm down”，代词必须放在动词和介词之间，即“calm yourself down”，而不是“calm down yourself”。这类似于中文的“使自己平静下来”而不是“平静下来自己”。
Not this
He calmed down it quickly.
Use this
He calmed it down quickly.
当宾语是代词时，短语动词“calm down”必须把代词放在动词之后、介词之前，即“calm it down”，而不是“calm down it”。这是英语短语动词的固定规则。
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