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

• Okay, now I can tell you that I'm going to get down to the mine.
  好了，我告诉你我要下矿井。
• 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。
• When you get down to it, it isn't so difficult.
  当你开始认真对待事情时，事情就不难。
• I really must get down to some study.
  我的确必须开始认真学点东西。
• 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。
• We had better get down to it.
  我们最好开始认真工作。
• 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。
• The best hope is that we will mobilize international support and get down to action
  最好的希望是我们能争取到国际上的支持，然后采取行动。
• Get down to the post office pronto!
  马上去邮局！
• 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。