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

• 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。
• 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。
• Get down to the post office pronto!
  马上去邮局！
• 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。
• 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。
• With that plumbing defined, I can get down to business.
  定义了该管道之后，我就可以开始正事了。
• I like to get down to work by9.
  我喜欢在9点之前开始工作。
• And I have to get down to my business now.
  我现在得赶紧复习了。
• Next week I will get down to your case.
  下个星期我将着手处。
• The best hope is that we will mobilize international support and get down to action
  最好的希望是我们能争取到国际上的支持，然后采取行动。