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settle down in/at + 地点
They finally settled down in a small town.
他们最终在一个小镇定居下来。
在动荡或不安后变得安静和冷静
settling down — present participle of settle down
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在动荡或不安后变得安静和冷静；为自己建立稳定的生活,尤其是通过结婚；对新的住所或环境感到舒适和熟悉；使舒服地坐下；定居
To make or become quiet and calm after a period of disturbance or restlessness.
They finally settled down in a small town.
他们最终在一个小镇定居下来。
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在动荡或不安后变得安静和冷静
To make or become quiet and calm after a period of disturbance or restlessness.
为自己建立稳定的生活,尤其是通过结婚
To establish a settled lifestyle for oneself, especially by marrying.
对新的住所或环境感到舒适和熟悉
To grow comfortable and familiar with one's new accommodation or circumstances.
After the teacher raised her hand, the children settled down and listened quietly.
老师举起手后，孩子们安静下来，认真地听。
Please settle down; the movie is about to start.
请安静下来，电影马上就要开始了。
It took me a few minutes to settle down after the loud noise outside.
外面那阵巨响过后，我花了几分钟才平静下来。
They finally settled down in a small town.
他们最终在一个小镇定居下来。
也可单独使用。
The children settled down after the excitement.
兴奋过后孩子们平静下来了。
She settled down in the armchair with a book.
她拿着一本书在扶手椅上舒服地坐下。
后面接名词或动名词。
It's time to settle down to work.
是时候静下心来工作了。
Not this
After graduation, he settled down Shanghai.
Use this
After graduation, he settled down in Shanghai.
中国学习者常将settle down误用作及物动词，直接跟地点名词。实际上settle down是不及物短语动词，需加介词in才能接地点。
Not this
We need to settle down this problem quickly.
Use this
We need to settle this problem quickly.
Settle down表示‘安定下来’或‘专注于’，而表示‘解决’问题应用settle（不带down）。学习者因忽略短语动词的语义差别而混淆。
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