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

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。
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。
The police asked him to set down what he had seen in a report.
警察让他在报告中写下他所看见的事情。
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。
Outside something was set down beside the entrance.
外边有人在入口旁边放下了一件什么东西。
This is exactly what the composer had set down on paper. The teacher dictated to the whole class.
这跟作曲家写下的曲子完全一样。老师给全班同学作了听写。
The young lady set down a large vase on the table.
那位年轻的女士将一个大花瓶放在了桌面。
We had to set down rules for the behavior of the members.
我们得为所有成员的行为举止制定规则。
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。
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。