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set about

英 [set əˈbaʊt]

美 [set əˈbaʊt]

动手; 开始; 下手; 着手

法律

英英释义

verb

  • take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
    1. We began working at dawn
    2. Who will start?
    3. Get working as soon as the sun rises!
    4. The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
    5. He began early in the day
    6. Let's get down to work now
    Synonym:get downbegingetstart outstartset outcommence
  • enter upon an activity or enterprise
      Synonym:undertakeattempt
    1. begin to deal with
      1. approach a task
      2. go about a difficult problem
      3. approach a new project
      Synonym:go aboutapproach

    双语例句

    • How are we going to set about this?
      这事我们如何着手呢?
    • She and Mr Manuel set about introducing world-class practices.
      于是她和曼纽尔先生着手引进世界级的业务惯例。
    • The new government set about dismantling their predecessors'legislation.
      新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。
    • He has set about carving up the company which Hammer created from almost nothing
      他已经开始动手拆分这家几乎是哈默白手起家创办的公司。
    • I set about researching the habits of snakes so I could trap them in the easiest way.
      于是我就着手研究蛇的习性,以便能用最简易的方法来捕蛇。
    • Having made up my mind, I immediately set about carrying out my plan.
      拿定主意后,我立即着手实施我的计划。
    • Xerox set about a process of reverse engineering. It pulled the machines apart and investigated the Japanese factories to find out how they could pull off such feats.
      施乐公司展开了一项逆向工程。他们把日本的机器拆开,调查了日本的工厂以弄清楚他们如何能生产出如此了不起的产品。
    • We set about cleaning the house.
      我们着手打扫房子。
    • Undaunted by the scale of the job, Lesley set about planning how each room should look.
      莱斯利并没有被这项浩大的工程所吓倒,开始着手规划每个房间的格局。
    • And set about establishing fault gases growth model to predict the development of a failure to determine the basis.
      并着手建立故障气体的增长模式,为预测故障的发展提供了判断依据。