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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The city's newspapers still attempt to get down to the nitty gritty of investigative journalism.
  该市报纸仍在试图厘清调查性新闻的实质。
• And I have to get down to my business now.
  我现在得赶紧复习了。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。