get around to

英 [ɡet əˈraʊnd tu]

美 [ɡet əˈraʊnd tu]

抽出时间做; 终于去做

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 get round to


• PHRASAL VERB 抽出时间做；终于去做
  When youget around todoing something that you have delayed doing or have been too busy to do, you finally do it.
  1. I said I would write to you, but as usual I never got around to it...
     我说过要给你写信，但一如往常，我总是抽不出时间来。
  2. I've got bags of photographs and one day I'll get round to putting them in an album.
     我有几袋相片，哪天抽空把它们放进相册。

英英释义

verb

• do something despite obstacles such as lack of time
  1. He finally got around to painting the windows

双语例句

• Because ultimately I won't get around to working there.
  因为我最终不会在那儿工作。
• I didn't get around to showing you around the house.
  我没时间带你参观这幢房子。
• Most people are so busy knocking themselves out trying to do everything they think they should do, they never get around to do what they want to do.
  多数人忙得很，把自己搞得精疲力竭地去做他们认为应当做的事，但他们从来不做他们真正想做的事。
• We will get around to discussing it sometime.
  以后有时间，我们回过头来讨论这篇论文。
• I said I would write to you, but as usual I never got around to it
  我说过要给你写信，但一如往常，我总是抽不出时间来。
• We all know people who can talk a good game, but never get around to building anything.
  我们都见过这样的人，他们说得天花乱坠，但从未付诸于行动。
• Please bear with me and I will get around to it ASAP.
  请原谅我，我会尽快抽出时间处理这件事。
• Actually, I didn't get around to that either.
  实际上，我也没有去那里。
• They may never get around to answering or even reading the rest.
  他们可能永远不会回复甚至永远不会浏览其余的那些。
• Even when you do get around to it, the sizzle has clearly begun to fizzle.
  即便你总算去进行的时候，热情也显然开始降温。