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

• Get down to the post office pronto!
  马上去邮局！
• Let's stop chewing the fat and get down to work.
  让我们停止聊天儿，着手工作吧。
• I've got a lot of work to do but I can't seem to get down to it.
  我有许多工作要做，但似乎我还不能认真着手去做这些事情。
• I think you will like to get down to work now.
  我想现在你要认真着手工作。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I really must get down to some study.
  我的确必须开始认真学点东西。
• 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。
• 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。