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

• I tried to apologize, but I think I set about it the wrong way.
  我试着道歉，但我认为我表达的方式却错了。
• 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。
• He knows how to set about doing these things.
  他知道怎样着手做这些事情。
• She and Mr Manuel set about introducing world-class practices.
  于是她和曼纽尔先生着手引进世界级的业务惯例。
• How are we going to set about this?
  这事我们如何着手呢？
• 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。
• I must set about my packing.
  我得开始收拾行李了。
• After they had got in the wheat, they set about ploughing.
  他们收了麦子，接着就开始犁地。
• On arriving there, they set about doing the experiment.
  一到那儿他们便开始做实验了。