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

Set down your heavy bags and have a rest.
放下你的重包休息一下。
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。
I don't want to set down a series of facts in a diary.
我不想在日记里记下一连串的发生的事情。
Rules have been set down and must be obeyed.
规章已经制定，必须加以遵守。
While he was traveling, he set down his impressions of China in his diaries.
旅途中，他把对中国的印象记在日记中。
The man poured a full glass of whisky, and set down the bottle noiselessly.
那人斟了满满的一杯威士忌，轻轻地放下瓶子。
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。
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。
I'll set down one or two points while they are fresh in my mind.
趁我记忆犹新我得写下一两个要点。
At dusk, I hid away in the room, set down a series of facts and expressed my deepest feelings and thoughts.
在黄昏，我躲藏在房间，写下了一系列的事实和表达了我最深层处的感觉和想法。