1、settle down
(尤指結(jié)婚或買房后)定居,安頓下來
One day I'll want to settle down and have a family.
總有一天,我會(huì)想安定下來,成個(gè)家。
Before she settled down in Portugal, she had run her own antiques shop in London.
在定居葡萄牙之前,她在倫敦經(jīng)營一家自己的古董店。
(歷經(jīng)磨難或變化后)安靜下來,平靜下來
It'd be fun, after the situation in Europe settles down, to take a trip over to France.
等歐洲的局勢(shì)平定下來后,去法國旅行一趟應(yīng)該不錯(cuò)。
We saw the therapist four times, and the children have now settled down.
我們?nèi)タ戳怂拇沃委煂<遥F(xiàn)在孩子們已經(jīng)穩(wěn)定下來了。
集中精力做;開始認(rèn)真做
He got his coffee, came back and settled down to listen.
他喝了杯咖啡,回來后開始認(rèn)真聽講。
They settled down to some serious work.
他們著手做一些重要的工作。
2、come out
(書或光盤)出版,發(fā)行
The book comes out this week.
這本書本周出版。
Christian Slater has a new movie coming out next month in which he plays a vigilante.
克里斯汀·史萊特有一部新片下月發(fā)行,他在片中扮演一個(gè)治安維持會(huì)成員。
(事實(shí))暴露,披露,顯露
The truth is beginning to come out about what happened.
真相開始逐漸浮出水面。
It will come out that she has covertly donated considerable sums to the IRA.
她暗中給愛爾蘭共和軍提供了大筆資助的事情即將曝光。
結(jié)果是;到頭來
In this grim little episode of recent American history, few people come out well.
在美國近代史上這一小段陰暗時(shí)期,很少有人能有好的結(jié)果。
So what makes a good marriage? Faithfulness comes out top of the list.
那么,是什么造就了美滿的婚姻呢?結(jié)果表明忠誠是第一位的。