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

• 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 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。
• After that we have to get down to work.
  会议之后，我们就得开始干活了。
• Let's get down to business at hand.
  让我们着手处理手头的事吧。
• There's not much time left. let's get down to repairing the machine.
  时间所剩不多了，让我们开始修理这台机器吧。
• I think you will like to get down to work now.
  我想现在你要认真着手工作。
• The city's newspapers still attempt to get down to the nitty gritty of investigative journalism.
  该市报纸仍在试图厘清调查性新闻的实质。
• 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 like to get down to work by9.
  我喜欢在9点之前开始工作。
• I really must get down to some study.
  我的确必须开始认真学点东西。