get down to

英 [ɡet daʊn tu]

美 [ɡet daʊn tu]

开始干，着手做（尤指非常花费精力之事）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 开始干，着手做（尤指需花费精力之事）
  If youget down tosomething, especially something that requires a lot of attention, you begin doing it.
  1. With the election out of the way, the government can get down to business.
     选举结束，政府可以着手干起来了。

双语例句

• Let's get down to basics and stop horsing around.
  别胡闹了，我们还是收收心想想要紧事吧。
• Next week I will get down to your case.
  下个星期我将着手处。
• Now it's time for us to get down to my story.
  现在是时候安静听我的故事了。
• I said I could never get down to a handful of clothes, but I have.
  我说过我无法减少只保留一些必须的衣服，但我做到了。
• We had better get down to it.
  我们最好开始认真工作。
• I've got a lot of work to do but I can't seem to get down to it.
  我有许多工作要做，但似乎我还不能认真着手去做这些事情。
• With the election out of the way, the government can get down to business.
  选举结束，政府可以着手干起来了。
• I have difficulty in dealing with the abstract-let's get down to some particulars.
  我考虑抽象概念有些困难，让我们处理一些具体事情吧。
• Angola's ruling party was due to get down to brass tacks today with a debate on the party's record.
  安哥拉执政党预定在今天就有关该党执政记录的问题进行实质性讨论。
• I really must get down to some study.
  我的确必须开始认真学点东西。