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 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。
• 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。
• 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 think you will like to get down to work now.
  我想现在你要认真着手工作。
• And I have to get down to my business now.
  我现在得赶紧复习了。
• 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。
• Let's stop chewing the fat and get down to work.
  让我们停止聊天儿，着手工作吧。
• After that we have to get down to work.
  会议之后，我们就得开始干活了。
• Never mind the side issues, let's get down to brass tacks and thrash out a basic agreement.
  别管枝节问题，让我们讨论问题的实质，以求得基本一致。