set about

英 [set əˈbaʊt]

美 [set əˈbaʊt]

动手; 开始; 下手; 着手

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
begin to deal with
1. approach a task
2. go about a difficult problem
3. approach a new project
Synonym:go aboutapproach

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。
How are we going to set about this?
这事我们如何着手呢？
How do you set about talking the language you are given?
你是怎样开始讲他人的语言的？
Aunt Wu set about making tea. Only for my tea, I should have had the headache.
吴大婶张罗着沏茶。要是不喝茶，我又会犯头痛病了。
I must set about my packing.
我得开始收拾行李了。
The new government must set about finding solutions to the country's economic problems.
新政府必须立即找出解决国家经济问题的办法。
He set about the task with becoming precautions.
他相信谨慎地着手做这一桩工作。
But the basement won out and they set about trying to raise more money for the business.
但地下室成功了，他们开始尝试为自己的公司筹集更多资金。
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。