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

• Fetch me the drift holder and I will get down to work.
  给我把那把绞手拿来，我要干活。
• Let's get down to business at hand.
  让我们着手处理手头的事吧。
• 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。
• I can get down to nitpicking detail, I am pretty fussy about certain things.
  我会挑剔细节，我对某些事情相当吹毛求疵。
• I like to get down to work by9.
  我喜欢在9点之前开始工作。
• 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。
• With that plumbing defined, I can get down to business.
  定义了该管道之后，我就可以开始正事了。
• And I have to get down to my business now.
  我现在得赶紧复习了。
• 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。
• After that we have to get down to work.
  会议之后，我们就得开始干活了。