set about

英 [set əˈbaʊt]

美 [set əˈbaʊt]

动手; 开始; 下手; 着手

法律

英英释义

verb

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
  1. We began working at dawn
  2. Who will start?
  3. Get working as soon as the sun rises!
  4. The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
  5. He began early in the day
  6. Let's get down to work now
  Synonym:get downbegingetstart outstartset outcommence
• enter upon an activity or enterprise
  Synonym:undertakeattempt
• begin to deal with
  1. approach a task
  2. go about a difficult problem
  3. approach a new project
  Synonym:go aboutapproach

双语例句

• After they had got in the wheat, they set about ploughing.
  他们收了麦子，接着就开始犁地。
• I must set about my packing.
  我得开始收拾行李了。
• He sat down at the table and set about his work.
  他坐在桌子前开始工作了。
• He set about helping homeless women and children to place of safety.
  他着手帮助把无家可归的妇女和儿童送到安全的地区。
• His wife set about upbraiding him for neglecting the children.
  他妻子开始指责他不照顾孩子。
• Having made up my mind, I immediately set about carrying out my plan.
  拿定主意后，我立即着手实施我的计划。
• I will set about preparing supper.
  我要开始准备晚饭了。
• How are we going to set about this?
  这事我们如何着手呢？
• On arriving there, they set about doing the experiment.
  一到那儿他们便开始做实验了。
• We set about cleaning the house.
  我们着手打扫房子。