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

• 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。
• 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！
• 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 have talked too much. Let's get down to business.
  我说的太多了，让我们言归正传吧。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。