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？
• Let's stop chewing the fat and get down to work.
  让我们停止聊天儿，着手工作吧。
• 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。
• Stop talking, let's get down to work!
  别聊天了，让我们开始干正事吧！
• When you get down to it, it isn't so difficult.
  当你开始认真对待事情时，事情就不难。
• We had better get down to it.
  我们最好开始认真工作。
• 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。
• Let's get down to business at hand.
  让我们着手处理手头的事吧。
• 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。
• 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。