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 really must get down to some study.
  我的确必须开始认真学点东西。
• Stop talking, let's get down to work!
  别聊天了，让我们开始干正事吧！
• And I have to get down to my business now.
  我现在得赶紧复习了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Let's stop chewing the fat and get down to work.
  让我们停止聊天儿，着手工作吧。
• 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。
• We had better get down to it.
  我们最好开始认真工作。
• 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 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。