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

• 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。
• I really must get down to some study.
  我的确必须开始认真学点东西。
• Next week I will get down to your case.
  下个星期我将着手处。
• 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。
• After that we have to get down to work.
  会议之后，我们就得开始干活了。
• Let's get down to business at hand.
  让我们着手处理手头的事吧。
• Okay, now I can tell you that I'm going to get down to the mine.
  好了，我告诉你我要下矿井。
• Now it's time for us to get down to my story.
  现在是时候安静听我的故事了。
• 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。
• 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。