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

• We set about cleaning the house.
  我们着手打扫房子。
• I will set about preparing supper.
  我要开始准备晚饭了。
• He has set about carving up the company which Hammer created from almost nothing
  他已经开始动手拆分这家几乎是哈默白手起家创办的公司。
• Undaunted by the scale of the job, Lesley set about planning how each room should look.
  莱斯利并没有被这项浩大的工程所吓倒，开始着手规划每个房间的格局。
• How are we going to set about this?
  这事我们如何着手呢？
• We set about preparing for the party one week ago.
  我们一周前就开始为这个晚会做准备了。
• He had never intended living there after his wife's death and immediately set about trying to make a sale.
  妻子去世后他就不打算住在那里了，因此马上着手要将其卖掉。
• Aunt Wu set about making tea. Only for my tea, I should have had the headache.
  吴大婶张罗着沏茶。要是不喝茶，我又会犯头痛病了。
• Prince Ivan broke the egg, took the needle out, and set about breaking the point off.
  亲王伊凡打破了，把针，并打破了一点。
• How do you set about talking the language you are given?
  你是怎样开始讲他人的语言的？