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

• I think you will like to get down to work now.
  我想现在你要认真着手工作。
• 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。
• 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。
• Let's stop chewing the fat and get down to work.
  让我们停止聊天儿，着手工作吧。
• Let's get down to business at hand.
  让我们着手处理手头的事吧。
• Next week I will get down to your case.
  下个星期我将着手处。
• I really must get down to some study.
  我的确必须开始认真学点东西。
• 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。
• 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。