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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、pregnant
怀孕的；妊娠的
Lena got pregnant and married.
莉娜怀孕并结婚了。
Tina was pregnant with their first daughter.
蒂娜怀了他们的第一个女儿。
耐人寻味的；意味深长的；心照不宣的
There was a long, pregnant silence.
当时出现了长时间耐人寻味的沉默。
a deceptive peace, pregnant with invisible threats.
一种和平的假象，潜伏着许多无形的威胁
