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'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。
• I must get down to work tonight, as the exams start next week.
  我今晚必须开始认真学习，因为下周开始考试了。
• 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。
• There's not much time left. let's get down to repairing the machine.
  时间所剩不多了，让我们开始修理这台机器吧。
• 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。
• And I have to get down to my business now.
  我现在得赶紧复习了。
• Can we get down to business?
  我们可以谈正事了吗？
• 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。
• With that plumbing defined, I can get down to business.
  定义了该管道之后，我就可以开始正事了。