set down

英 [set daʊn]

美 [set daʊn]

制定，规定（规则等）; 把（思想、经历等）写下来; 记下

柯林斯词典

PHRASAL VERB 制定，规定(规则等)
If a committee or organizationsets downrules for doing something, it decides what they should be and officially records them.
1. The Convention set down rules for deciding which country should deal with an asylum request.
  会议制定了用以确定由哪个国家负责受理避难请求的规约。
PHRASAL VERB 把(思想、经历等)写下来;记下
If youset downyour thoughts or experiences, you write them all down.
1. Old Walter is setting down his memories of village life.
  老沃尔特正在写他乡村生活的回忆录。

verb

put down in writing
Synonym:write downget downput down
leave or unload
1. unload the cargo
2. drop off the passengers at the hotel
Synonym:dropdrop offput downunloaddischarge
cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place
1. set down your bags here
Synonym:put downplace down
put or settle into a position
1. The hotel was set down at the bottom of the valley
go ashore
1. The passengers disembarked at Southampton
Synonym:disembarkdebark
reach or come to rest
1. The bird landed on the highest branch
2. The plane landed in Istanbul
Synonym:land

Old Walter is setting down his memories of village life.
老沃尔特正在写他乡村生活的回忆录。
He was the one who first set down the stories of the Celtic storytellers.
他是首位将凯尔特说书人讲的故事记载下来的人。
The Convention set down rules for deciding which country should deal with an asylum request.
会议制定了用以确定由哪个国家负责受理避难请求的规约。
She listened attentively and set down every word he said.
她专心听着，把他说的话一字不漏地记下来。
He set down the receiver and came toward us, glistening slightly, to take our stiff straw hats.
他放下了话筒，朝我们走过来，头上冒着汗珠，接过我们的硬壳草帽。
I will set down the story as it was told to me.
我将按告诉我的把这个故事记下来。
He set down the heavy box and rested for a while.
他放下沉重的箱子歇了一会儿。
The woman set down her bag and set forth her purpose in coming.
这名妇女放下她的包后阐明了她的来意。
It's all set down in the notebook.
内容全记在笔记本上了。
There was a pause while the barmaid set down two plates in front of us.
酒吧女招待在我们面前摆放两个盘子时停顿了一下。