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

• Can we get down to business?
  我们可以谈正事了吗？
• Get down to the post office pronto!
  马上去邮局！
• 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。
• 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。
• I have talked too much. Let's get down to business.
  我说的太多了，让我们言归正传吧。
• 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。
• Let's get down to basics and stop horsing around.
  别胡闹了，我们还是收收心想想要紧事吧。
• Next week I will get down to your case.
  下个星期我将着手处。
• 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。
• 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。