1 PHRASAL VERB-ERG (使)平静下来;(使)镇定下来 If you calm down, or if someone calms you down, you become less angry, upset, or excited. (使)平静下来;(使)镇定下来 [Also VERB PREPOSITION n]
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Calm down for a minute and listen to me. [VERB PREP.]
你安静一会儿,听我说。
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I'll try a herbal remedy to calm him down. [VERB noun PREP.]
我来用草药试试,看能不能让他镇静下来。
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Do not have a drink or take drugs to calm yourself down. [VERB noun PREP.]
不要用喝酒或吸毒的方式让自己镇静下来。
2 PHRASAL VERB-ERG (使)平定;平息 If things calm down, or someone or something calms things down, the amount of activity, trouble, or panic is reduced. (使)平定;平息
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We will go back to normal when things calm down. [VERB PREP.]
事态平息之后,我们将一切如常。
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Neil Howorth, director of the academy, tried to calm things down. [VERB noun PREP.]
研究院主任尼尔·豪沃思力图平息事态。