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1、settle down
(尤指结婚或买房后)定居，安顿下来
One day I'll want to settle down and have a family.
总有一天，我会想安定下来，成个家。
Before she settled down in Portugal, she had run her own antiques shop in London.
在定居葡萄牙之前，她在伦敦经营一家自己的古董店。
(历经磨难或变化后)安静下来，平静下来
It'd be fun, after the situation in Europe settles down, 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。
We saw the therapist four times, and the children have now settled down.
我们去看了四次治疗专家，现在孩子们已经稳定下来了。
集中精力做;开始认真做
He got his coffee, came back and settled down to listen.
他喝了杯咖啡，回来后开始认真听讲。
They settled down to some serious work.
他们着手做一些重要的工作。
2、come out
(书或光盘)出版，发行
The book comes out this week.
这本书本周出版。
Christian Slater has a new movie coming out next month in which he plays a vigilante.
克里斯汀·史莱特有一部新片下月发行，他在片中扮演一个治安维持会成员。
(事实)暴露，披露，显露
The truth is beginning to come out about what happened.
真相开始逐渐浮出水面。
It will come out that she has covertly donated considerable sums to the IRA.
她暗中给爱尔兰共和军提供了大笔资助的事情即将曝光。
结果是;到头来
In this grim little episode of recent American history, few people come out well.
在美国近代史上这一小段阴暗时期，很少有人能有好的结果。
So what makes a good marriage? Faithfulness comes out top of the list.
那么，是什么造就了美满的婚姻呢？结果表明忠诚是第一位的。
